Interaction of shade avoidance and auxin responses: A role for two novel atypical bHLH proteins

EMBO Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 4756-4767

  Roig Villanova, Irma ^a   Bou Torrent, Jordi ^a   Galstyan, Anahit ^a   Carretero Paulet, Lorenzo ^a,d   Portolés, Sergi ^a   Rodríguez Concepción, Manuel ^a,b   Martínez García, Jaime F ^a,c  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Auxin; Phytochrome; SAUR; Shade avoidance

Indexed keywords

AUXIN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PHYTOCHROME RAPIDLY REGULATED 1 PROTEIN; PHYTOCHROME RAPIDLY REGULATED 2 PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SMALL AUXIN UPREGULATED 15 PROTEIN; SMALL AUXIN UPREGULATED 68 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; GENE FUNCTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA, PLANT; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HERBICIDES; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUNLIGHT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 36248952192     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601890     Document Type: Article

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