Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of a NAC1 transcription factor in Medicago truncatula roots

New Phytologist

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 647-661

  D'haeseleer, Katrien ^a,b   Den Herder, Griet ^a,b   Laffont, Carole ^c   Plet, Julie ^c   Mortier, Virginie ^a,b   Lelandais Brière, Christine ^c,d   de Bodt, Stefanie ^a,b   de Keyser, Annick ^a,b   Crespi, Martin ^c   Holsters, Marcelle ^a,b   Frugier, Florian ^c   Goormachtig, Sofie ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Lateral root; MicroRNA; MiR164; Nodule; SINA

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MICRORNA; NAC1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PLANT RNA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; DICOTYLEDON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; HORMONE; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM; RNA; ROOT SYSTEM; SENSOR; SYMBIOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NODULATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, PLANT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TOBACCO; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 79960498796     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03719.x     Document Type: Article

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