A basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor in Arabidopsis, MYC2, acts as a repressor of blue light-mediated photomorphogenic growth

Plant Cell

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1953-1966

  Yadav, Vandana ^a   Mallappa, Chandrashekara ^a   Gangappa, Sreeramaiah N ^a   Bhatia, Shikha ^a   Chattopadhyay, Sudip ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENOME RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

JASMONIC ACID (JA); LIGHT SIGNALING PATHWAYS; PHOTOMORPHOGENIC GROWTH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

CELLS; GENES; GROWTH; PLANTS; SEEDLINGS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; JASMONIC ACID; MYC2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT ROOT; PROMOTER REGION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SEEDLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSACTIVATION;

ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CYCLOPENTANES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT ROOTS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEEDLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

EID: 23944436535     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.105.032060     Document Type: Article

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