Functional analysis of a NAC-type transcription factor OsNAC6 involved in abiotic and biotic stress-responsive gene expression in rice

Plant Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 617-630

  Nakashima, Kazuo ^a   Tran, Lam Son P ^a   Van Nguyen, Dong ^a   Fujita, Miki ^b   Maruyama, Kyonoshin ^a   Todaka, Daisuke ^a   Ito, Yusuke ^a   Hayashi, Nagao ^c   Shinozaki, Kazuo ^b,d   Yamaguchi Shinozaki, Kazuko ^a,d,e  

^a JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Biotic stress; NAC; Rice; Salt stress tolerance; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CROPS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ABIOTIC STRESS; BIOTIC STRESS; SALT-STRESS TOLERANCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

GENE EXPRESSION;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COLD; DISASTER; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RICE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

COLD; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; NATURAL DISASTERS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 34547736457     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03168.x     Document Type: Article

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