Expression of AtMHX, an Arabidopsis vacuolar metal transporter, is repressed by the 5′ untranslated region of its gene

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 413, 2005, Pages 1039-1047

  David Assael, O ^a   Saul, H ^a   Saul, V ^a   Mizrachy Dagri, T ^a   Berezin, I ^a   Brook, E ^a   Shaul, O ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

5 UTR; Arabidopsis; AtMHX; Leader; Magnesium; Translational repression; uORF; Vacuole; Zinc

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; GENES; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES; PROTEINS;

GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; RIBOSOMES; TONOPLASTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTIPORTER; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ATMHX PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MAGNESIUM; SODIUM; ZINC;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLISM; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANTIPORTERS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MAGNESIUM; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SODIUM; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZINC;

ARABIDOPSIS; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 15944400722     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eri097     Document Type: Article

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