Regulated AtHKT1 gene expression by a distal enhancer element and DNA methylation in the promoter plays an important role in salt tolerance

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 149-161

  Baek, Dongwon ^a   Jiang, Jiafu ^a   Chung, Jung Sung ^a   Wang, Bangshing ^a   Chen, Junping ^b   Xin, Zhanguo ^b   Shi, Huazhong ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

AtHKT1; DNA methylation; Enhancer element; Gene regulation; Salt stress

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; COTRANSPORTER; HKT1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADAPTATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SYMPORTERS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 79251471479     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcq182     Document Type: Article

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