High Temperature-Mediated Adaptations in Plant Architecture Require the bHLH Transcription Factor PIF4

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 408-413

  Koini, Maria A ^a   Alvey, Liz ^b   Allen, Trudie ^a   Tilley, Ceinwen A ^a   Harberd, Nicholas P ^b   Whitelam, Garry C ^a   Franklin, Keara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CELLBIO; SIGNALING

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; PHYTOCHROME; PIF4 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ADAPTATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEAT; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HOT TEMPERATURE; PHYTOCHROME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 61449135764     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.01.046     Document Type: Article

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