The multiple-stress responsive plastid sigma factor, SIG5, directs activation of the psbD Blue Light-Responsive Promoter (BLRP) in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 357-368

  Nagashima, Akitomo ^a   Hanaoka, Mitsumasa ^a   Shikanai, Toshiharu ^b   Fujiwara, Makoto ^a   Kanamaru, Kengo ^a,c   Takahashi, Hideo ^a,d   Tanaka, Kan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Chloroplast; psbD BLRP; Sigma factor; Stress response; Transcriptional control

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; PSBD PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; SIG5 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; SIGMA FACTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DARKNESS; DEHYDRATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PLASTID; PROMOTER REGION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DARKNESS; DEHYDRATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIGHT; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASTIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 2342486648     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pch050     Document Type: Article

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