The transcriptional repressor activity of ASYMMETRIC LEAVES1 is inhibited by direct interaction with calmodulin in Arabidopsis

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1969-1982

  Han, Hay Ju ^a   Park, Hyeong Cheol ^a   Byun, Hye Jin ^a   Lee, Sang Min ^a   Kim, Ho Soo ^a   Yun, Dae Jin ^a   Cho, Moo Je ^a   Chung, Woo Sik ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Calcium; Environmental stress; KNOX genes; Leaf differentiation; Meristem; MYB transcription factor; Promoter

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ASYMMETRIC LEAVES1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; CALMODULIN; CALMODULIN BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; KNAT1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL BINDING; CYTOLOGY; DICOTYLEDON; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GENE EXPRESSION; INHIBITION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CALMODULIN; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MERISTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 84867332284     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2012.02530.x     Document Type: Article

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