Cold-induced modulation and functional analyses of the DRE-binding transcription factor gene, GmDREB3, in soybean (Glycine max L.)

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-135

  Chen, Ming ^a   Xu, Zhaoshi ^a   Xia, Lanqin ^a   Li, Liancheng ^a   Cheng, Xianguo ^a   Dong, Jianhui ^a   Wang, Qiaoyan ^a   Ma, Youzhi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; DREB transcription factor; Drought tolerance; Gene function; Soybean

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; COLD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; SOYBEAN; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; COLD TEMPERATURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SOYBEANS; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; GLYCINE MAX; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 60349087173     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern269     Document Type: Article

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