Differential and coordinated expression of Cbf and Cor/Lea genes during long-term cold acclimation in two wheat cultivars showing distinct levels of freezing tolerance

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 185-197

  Kume, Shinobu ^a   Kobayashi, Fuminori ^a   Ishibashi, Machiko ^a   Ohno, Ryoko ^a   Nakamura, Chiharu ^a   Takumi, Shigeo ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CBF DREB1 transcription factor; Cold acclimation; CRT DRE element; Freezing tolerance; Triticum aestivum L.

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; COLD RESPONSIVE PROTEIN; CORE BINDING FACTOR; LATE EMBRYONESIS ABUNDANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; DROUGHT; FREEZING TOLERANCE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; WHEAT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLD; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRITICUM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 25144502848     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: 13417568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.80.185     Document Type: Article

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