Genetic and molecular analyses of natural variation indicate CBF2 as a candidate gene for underlying a freezing tolerance quantitative trait locus in Arabidopsis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1304-1312

  Alonso Blanco, Carlos ^a,b   Gomez Mena, Concepción ^b   Llorente, Francisco ^b   Koornneef, Maarten ^c,d   Salinas, Julio ^b   Martínez Zapater, José M ^a,b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b INIA   (Spain)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GENES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALLELIC VARIATION; COLD ACCLIMATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTANT ACCESSIONS; NATURAL VARIATION;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BIODIVERSITY; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CBF2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; COLD; DNA SEQUENCE; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALLELES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; COLD; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PHOTOPERIOD; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33644833484     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.105.068510     Document Type: Article

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