TaMYB13 is a transcriptional activator of fructosyltransferase genes involved in β-2,6-linked fructan synthesis in wheat

Plant Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 857-870

  Xue, Gang Ping ^a   Kooiker, Maarten ^a   Drenth, Janneke ^a   McIntyre, C Lynne ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA binding site; fructan synthesis; fructosyltransferase; gene regulation; transactivation; transcription factor

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING SITE; FRUCTANS; FRUCTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GENE REGULATIONS; TRANSACTIVATION;

BINDING SITES; CARBON; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYSACCHARIDES; SITE SELECTION; SUGAR (SUCROSE); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

FRUCTAN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; INULOSUCRASE; MESSENGER RNA; SUCROSE; SUCROSE - FRUCTAN 6-FRUCTOSYLTRANSFERASE; SUCROSE FRUCTAN 6 FRUCTOSYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INBREEDING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOLUBILITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WHEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; FRUCTANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; INBREEDING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT STEMS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOLUBILITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUCROSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TRITICUM;

HORDEUM; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 82355181100     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04737.x     Document Type: Article

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