Functional characterization of NtCEF1, an AP2/EREBP-type transcriptional activator highly expressed in tobacco callus

Planta

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 211-224

  Lee, Jae Hoon ^a,f   Kim, Do Myung ^b   Lee, Jeong Hee ^b   Kim, Jungmook ^c   Bang, Jae Wook ^d   Kim, Woo Taek ^a   Pai, Hyun Sook ^e  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^d Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^e Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GCC box; NtCEF1 overexpressing transgenic plants; Nuclear localization; Tobacco callus; Transactivation

Indexed keywords

DNA; GELS; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); TOBACCO; YEAST;

GCC BOX; NTCEF1-OVEREXPRESSION TRANSGENIC PLANTS; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION; TOBACCO CALLUS; TRANSACTIVATION;

ENZYMES;

CHRK1 PROTEIN, NICOTIANA TABACUM; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ENZYMES; GELS; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS; TOBACCO; YEASTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO;

EID: 26444583307     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-005-1525-5     Document Type: Article

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