A transcriptional analysis of carotenoid, chlorophyll and plastidial isoprenoid biosynthesis genes during development and osmotic stress responses in Arabidopsis thaliana

BMC Systems Biology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Meier, Stuart ^a   Tzfadia, Oren ^b,c   Vallabhaneni, Ratnakar ^b,c   Gehring, Chris ^a,d   Wurtzel, Eleanore T ^b,c  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ABSCISIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; TERPENE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROPLAST; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; OSMOSIS; PLASTID; PROMOTER REGION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLASTS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OSMOSIS; PLASTIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TERPENES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79956042387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17520509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-5-77     Document Type: Article

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