Arabidopsis MAP kinase 4 regulates gene expression through transcription factor release in the nucleus

EMBO Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2214-2221

  Qiu, Jin Long ^a   Fiil, Berthe Katrine ^a   Petersen, Klaus ^a   Nielsen, Henrik Bjørn ^b   Botanga, Christopher J ^c   Thorgrimsen, Stephan ^a   Palma, Kristoffer ^a   Suarez Rodriguez, Maria Cristina ^a   Sandbech Clausen, Signe ^a   Lichota, Jacek ^d   Brodersen, Peter ^e   Grasser, Klaus D ^d   Mattsson, Ole ^a   Glazebrook, Jane ^c   Mundy, John ^a   Petersen, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e INST DE BIOL MOLEC DES PLANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Defence response; MAP kinase; Target genes; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CAMALEXIN; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 4; PHYTOALEXIN DEFICIENT3 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WRKY33 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOALEXIN DEFICIENT3 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; INDOLES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MUTATION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALICYLIC ACID; THIAZOLES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 49949085913     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2008.147     Document Type: Article

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