Natural variation in the freezing tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana: Effects of RNAi-induced CBF depletion and QTL localisation vary among accessions

Plant Science

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-23

  Gery, Carine ^a   Zuther, Ellen ^b   Schulz, Elisa ^b   Legoupi, Julie ^a   Chauveau, Aurélie ^c   McKhann, Heather ^c,d   Hincha, Dirk K ^b   Téoulé, Evelyne ^a,e  

^a INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

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

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE GÉNOTYPAGE   (France)

^d INRA Department Head   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; CBF; Cold acclimation; QTL mapping; RNAi

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 78149497123     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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