SIG1, a sigma factor for the chloroplast RNA polymerase, differently associates with multiple DNA regions in the chloroplast chromosomes in vivo

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 12182-12194

  Hanaoka, Mitsumasa ^a   Kato, Maiko ^a   Anma, Misato ^a   Tanaka, Kan ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Chloroplast; Chromatin immunoprecipitation; High light stress; SIG1; Sigma factor; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SIG1; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; PLANT DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHLOROPLAST GENE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEEDLING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROPLAST; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PLANT CHROMOSOME; RICE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHLOROPLASTS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA, PLANT; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIGHT; ORYZA SATIVA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDLING; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 84867800418     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms131012182     Document Type: Article

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