A Myb transcription factor regulates genes of the phenylalanine pathway in maritime pine

Plant Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 755-766

  Craven Bartle, Blanca ^a   Pascual, Mâ Belen ^a   Cánovas, Francisco M ^a   Ávila, Concepciõn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ammonium assimilation; conifers; Myb factors; phenylalanine; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM ASSIMILATION; CONIFERS; MYB FACTORS; PHENYLALANINE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON; FORESTRY; GENES; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLISM; TISSUE; TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AMINO ACIDS;

AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; PHENYLALANINE; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE; PREPHENATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN C MYB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DEAMINATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PINE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; DEAMINATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; PHENYLALANINE; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA-LYASE; PINUS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYB; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSAMINASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON; FORESTRY; GENES; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLISM; SOFTWOODS; TISSUE;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 84878280921     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12158     Document Type: Article

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