Activation tagging of a gene for a protein with novel class of CCT-domain activates expression of a subset of sugar-inducible genes in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 142-152

  Masaki, Takeshi ^a,c   Tsukagoshi, Hironaka ^a   Mitsui, Naoko ^a   Nishii, Terumi ^a   Hattori, Tsukaho ^a   Morikami, Atsushi ^b   Nakamura, Kenzo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

amylase; ASML2; CCT domain; Sporamin; Sugar; Transactivation

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; GENES; PROTEINS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

GLUCURONIDASE (GUS); LUCIFERASE (LUC); REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS; SUGAR-INDUCIBLE GENES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ASML2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT CHROMOSOME; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ABSCISIC ACID; ACTIVATION; GENES; PLANTS; PROTEINS; SEEDLINGS; SUGAR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 22044442826     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2005.02439.x     Document Type: Article

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