The E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes, AtUBC1 and AtUBC2, play redundant roles and are involved in activation of FLC expression and repression of flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 279-288

  Xu, Lin ^a   Ménard, Rozenn ^a   Berr, Alexandre ^a   Fuchs, Jörg ^b   Cognat, Valérie ^a   Meyer, Denise ^a   Shen, Wen Hui ^a  

^a INST DE BIOL MOLEC DES PLANTES   (France)

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

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Epigenetics; Flowering; Histone; Transcription; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; FLF PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; HISTONE; HUB1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; HUB2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; PLANT RNA; T DNA; T-DNA; UBC1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; UBIQUITINATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HISTONES; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; RNA, PLANT; UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYMES; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES; UBIQUITINATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 58349113396     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03684.x     Document Type: Article

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