Targets of the WRKY53 transcription factor and its role during leaf senescence in Arabidopsis

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 853-867

  Miao, Y ^a   Laun, T ^a   Zimmermann, P ^a   Zentgraf, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catalases; Hydrogen peroxide; Leaf senescence; Target genes; WRKY transcription factors

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; DNA; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; SIGNALING;

GENE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; LEAF SENESCENCE; TRICHOME DEVELOPMENT; WOUNDING;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BIOLOGICAL TESTS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS; PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PLANT DNA; PLANT RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WRKY53 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DRUG EFFECT; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; YEAST;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA, PLANT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MUTATION; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, PLANT; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; YEASTS;

EID: 14644445241     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-004-2142-6     Document Type: Article

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