HRE1 and HRE2, two hypoxia-inducible ethylene response factors, affect anaerobic responses in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 302-315

  Licausi, Francesco ^a,b   Van Dongen, Joost T ^b   Giuntoli, Beatrice ^c   Novi, Giacomo ^a   Santaniello, Antonietta ^a   Geigenberger, Peter ^b,d   Perata, Pierdomenico ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADH; Anoxia; Arabidopsis; ERF; Hypoxia; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; ETHANOLIC FERMENTATIONS; ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR; ETHYLENE RESPONSIVE FACTORS; GENOME MICROARRAY; HYPOXIA TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOXIC CONDITION; KNOCKOUT MUTANT; LOW OXYGEN; OVER-EXPRESSION; PCR ANALYSIS; POSITIVE EFFECTS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE; SOIL WATERLOGGING; TRANSGENIC ARABIDOPSIS; WILD TYPES;

ETHANOL; ETHYLENE; GENES; HELICOPTER ROTORS; OXYGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; PLANT RNA; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL HYPOXIA; DNA MICROARRAY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PLANT GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL HYPOXIA; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXYGEN; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 77951988135     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04149.x     Document Type: Article

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