Controlled nuclear import of the transcription factor NTL6 reveals a cytoplasmic role of SnRK2.8 in the drought-stress response

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 448, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 353-363

  Kim, Mi Jung ^a   Park, Mi Jeong ^a   Seo, Pil Joon ^b   Song, Jin Su ^a   Kim, Hie Joon ^a   Park, Chung Mo ^a,c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Arabidopsis; Drought stress; Membrane bound transcription factor (MTF); NTL6; Phosphorylation; Snf1 related protein kinase (SnRK) 2.8

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; ALANINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN SNRK2.8; THREONINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NTL6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DEHYDRATION; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NTL6 GENE; NUCLEAR IMPORT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SNRK2.8 GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DROUGHTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 84870036293     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20120244     Document Type: Article

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