Cold Induction of Arabidopsis CBF Genes Involves Multiple ICE (Inducer of CBF Expression) Promoter Elements and a Cold-Regulatory Circuit That Is Desensitized by Low Temperature

Plant Physiology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 910-918

  Zarka, Daniel G ^a   Vogel, Jonathan T ^a   Cook, Daniel ^a   Thomashow, Michael F ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREEZING; PLANTS (BOTANY); THERMAL EFFECTS;

GENE FUSION;

GENES;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0142245605     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.027169     Document Type: Article

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