The ethylene-responsive factor like protein 1 (CaERFLP1) of hot pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) interacts in vitro with both GCC and DRE/CRT sequences with different binding affinities: Possible biological roles of CaERFLP1 in response to pathogen infection and high salinity conditions in transgenic tobacco plants

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-81

  Lee, Jae Hoon ^a   Hong, Jong Pil ^a   Oh, Sang Keun ^b   Lee, Sanghyeob ^b   Choi, Doil ^b   Woo, Taek Kim ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

DRE CRT motif; Ethylene responsive factor; GCC box; Hot pepper; Stresses; Transgenic tobacco plants

Indexed keywords

CLONING; DNA; GENES; MUTAGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); YEAST;

PUTATIVE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

PROTEINS;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; BINDING SITE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPPER; PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CAPSICUM; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOBACCO; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

GENES; MUTAGENS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PATHOLOGY; PLANTS; PROTEINS; YEASTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 12744274905     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-004-0417-6     Document Type: Article

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