REF4 and RFR1, subunits of the transcriptional coregulatory complex mediator, are required for phenylpropanoid homeostasis in Arabidopsis

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 5434-5445

  Bonawitz, Nicholas D ^a   Soltau, Whitney L ^a   Blatchley, Michael R ^a   Powers, Brendan L ^a   Hurlock, Anna K ^a,b   Seals, Leslie A ^a,c   Weng, Jing Ke ^a,d   Stout, Jake ^a,e   Chapple, Clint ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ANTECH DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN ACCUMULATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA MUTANT; BINDING PARTNERS; BIOSYNTHETIC GENE; CIS-ACTING DNA; CORE PROMOTERS; EUKARYOTIC GENE REGULATION; HUMAN HEALTH; HUMAN NEEDS; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; MUTANT PROTEINS; PARALOGS; PHENYLPROPANOID PATHWAYS; PHENYLPROPANOIDS; RATIONAL MANIPULATION; RNA POLYMERASE II; WILD TYPES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

RATIONAL FUNCTIONS;

ANTHOCYANIN; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; MUTANT PROTEIN; REF4 PROTEIN; RFR1 PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOMEOSTASIS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84857286571     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.312298     Document Type: Article

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