Two novel nuclear genes, OsSIG5 and OsSIG6, encoding potential plastid sigma factors of RNA polymerase in rice: Tissue-specific and light-responsive gene expression

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 186-192

  Kubota, Yoshiki ^a   Miyao, Akio ^b   Hirochika, Hirohiko ^b   Tozawa, Yuzuru ^c   Yasuda, Hiroyuki ^d   Tsunoyama, Yuichi ^d   Niwa, Yasuo ^e   Imamura, Sousuke ^a   Shirai, Makoto ^a   Asayama, Munehiko ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blue red light responsive expression; Chloroplast RNA polymerase; Oryza sativa; Promoter; Sigma factor; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PLASTID; RICE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PLASTIDS; SIGMA FACTOR;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 33846615838     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcl050     Document Type: Article

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