Upregulation of an arabidopsis RING-H2 gene, XERICO, confers drought tolerance through increased abscisic acid biosynthesis

Plant Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 343-355

  Ko, Jae Heung ^a   Yang, Seung H ^a   Han, Kyung Hwan ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid biosynthesis; Drought tolerance; GeneChip; Really interesting new gene H2; Ubiquitin proteasome pathway; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; PLANT CELL CULTURE; SEED;

AFFYMETRIX GENECHIP ARRAY ANALYSIS; ARABIDOPSIS RING-H2 GENE; EXOGENOUS ABSCISIC ACID; SILICO GENE-EXPRESSION ANALYSIS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

9 CIS EPOXY CAROTENOID DIOXYGENASE; 9-CIS-EPOXY-CAROTENOID DIOXYGENASE; ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; F BOX PROTEIN; OXYGENASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TLP9 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME UBC8; UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYME UBC8; XERICO PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEEDLING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; UPREGULATION;

ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; F-BOX PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERMINATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXYGENASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDLING; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYMES; UP-REGULATION;

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; SEEDS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 33745853166     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02782.x     Document Type: Article

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