Tobacco MYC2 regulates jasmonate-inducible nicotine biosynthesis genes directly and by way of the NIC2-Locus ERF genes

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1117-1130

  Shoji, Tsubasa ^a   Hashimoto, Takashi ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ERF; Jasmonate; JAZ; MYC2; Nicotine; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; G BOX BINDING FACTOR; JASMONIC ACID; NICOTINE; OXYLIPIN; PHYTOHORMONE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; PLANT ROOT; PROMOTER REGION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BINDING SITES; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLOPENTANES; G-BOX BINDING FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENES, PLANT; NICOTINE; OXYLIPINS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; UP-REGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 79958791148     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcr063     Document Type: Article

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