Cloning and functional analysis of a novel DREB1/CBF transcription factor involved in cold-responsive gene expression in Zea mays L.

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1042-1052

  Qin, Feng ^a,b   Sakuma, Yoh ^b   Li, Jie ^a   Liu, Qiang ^a   Li, Yi Qin ^a   Shinozaki, Kazuo ^c,e   Yamaguchi Shinozaki, Kazuko ^b,d,e  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress tolerance; DREB DRE regulon; Maize; Target stress inducible genes; Transcription factor; Transgenic Arabidopsis

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; DICOTYLEDONEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; LILIOPSIDA; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 4644356483     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pch118     Document Type: Article

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