Overexpression of the CBF2 transcriptional activator in Arabidopsis delays leaf senescence and extends plant longevity

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 261-273

  Sharabi Schwager, Michal ^a   Lers, Amnon ^a   Samach, Alon ^b   Guy, Charles L ^c   Porat, Ron ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; CBF; Longevity; Senescence; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CBF2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; DREB1A PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; PHYTOHORMONE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL AGING; CYTOLOGY; DARKNESS; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; REGULON; UPREGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL AGING; DARKNESS; DOWN-REGULATION; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; LONGEVITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT LEAVES; REGULON; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 72049083519     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp300     Document Type: Article

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