Induction of jasmonate signalling regulators MaMYC2s and their physical interactions with MaICE1 in methyl jasmonate-induced chilling tolerance in banana fruit

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-51

  Zhao, Ming Lei ^a   Wang, Jun Ning ^a,c   Shan, Wei ^a   Fan, Jia Geng ^a   Kuang, Jian Fei ^a   Wu, Ke Qiang ^b   Li, Xue Ping ^a   Chen, Wei Xin ^a   He, Fang Yuan ^a   Chen, Jian Ye ^a   Lu, Wang Jin ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c GUANGDONG OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ICE CBF; MYC2; Protein protein interaction

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID; JASMONIC ACID METHYL ESTER; OXYLIPIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ACIDITY; CLIMATE EFFECT; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; STORAGE; TOLERANCE; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COLD; DNA SEQUENCE; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSA; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACETATES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; COLD TEMPERATURE; CYCLOPENTANES; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSA; OXYLIPINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84870507080     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2012.02551.x     Document Type: Article

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