A novel transcriptional cascade regulating expression of heat stress proteins during seed development of Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 182-195

  Kotak, Sachin ^a   Vierling, Elizabeth ^b   Bäumlein, Helmut ^c   Von Koskull Dörlng, Pascal ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; PROTEINS; SEED;

HEAT STRESS TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS (HSFS); TRANSGENIC PLANTLETS;

GROWTH KINETICS;

ABSCISIC ACID; GENES; GROWTH REGULATORS; PROTEINS; SEEDS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 34248207000     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.106.048165     Document Type: Article

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