Identification and expression analysis of ERF transcription factor genes in petunia during flower senescence and in response to hormone treatments

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 825-840

  Liu, Juanxu ^a   Li, Jingyu ^a   Wang, Huinan ^a   Fu, Zhaodi ^a   Liu, Zuan ^a   Yu, Yixun ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ERF; ethylene; flower senescence; gene expression; petunia

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; ETHYLENE-RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; PHYTOHORMONE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PETUNIA; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ETHYLENES; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PETUNIA; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARABIDOPSIS; PETUNIA;

EID: 78650650755     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq324     Document Type: Article

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