Comparative analyses reveal potential uses of Brachypodium distachyon as a model for cold stress responses in temperate grasses

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Li, Chuan ^a,b   Rudi, Heidi ^b   Stockinger, Eric J ^c   Cheng, Hongmei ^d   Cao, Moju ^a   Fox, Samuel E ^e   Mockler, Todd C ^f   Westereng, Bjørge ^b   Fjellheim, Siri ^b   Rognli, Odd A ^b   Sandve, Simen R ^b  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachypodium distachyon; C repeat binding factor; Cold climate adaptation; Fructosyltransferase; Gene expression; Gene family evolution; Ice recrystallization inhibition protein

Indexed keywords

BRACHYPODIUM; BRACHYPODIUM DISTACHYON; POACEAE; POOIDEAE;

FRUCTAN; TRANSCRIPTOME; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRACHYPODIUM; COLD; COLD SHOCK RESPONSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; FLOWER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEASON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BRACHYPODIUM; COLD TEMPERATURE; COLD-SHOCK RESPONSE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLOWERS; FRUCTANS; GENES, PLANT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84860625884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-12-65     Document Type: Article

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