The arabidopsis JAZ2 promoter contains a G-box and thymidine-rich module that are necessary and sufficient for jasmonate-dependent activation by MYC transcription factors and repression by JAZ proteins

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 330-343

  Figueroa, Pablo ^a,b   Browse, John ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; G box; Jasmonate; JAZ2; MYC2; Promoter

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID; MYC2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MYC3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MYC4 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; OXYLIPIN; PHYTOHORMONE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; THYMIDINE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CARROT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CYCLOPENTANES; DAUCUS CAROTA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; OXYLIPINS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; THYMIDINE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84857226887     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcr178     Document Type: Article

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