A transcriptional repressor of the ERF family confers drought tolerance to rice and regulates genes preferentially located on chromosome 11

Planta

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 155-170

  Joo, Joungsu ^a   Choi, Hae Jong ^a   Lee, Youn Hab ^a   Kim, Yeon Ki ^b   Song, Sang Ik ^a  

^a Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

^b GreenGene Biotech Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Drought stress; ERF associated amphiphilic repression motif; Ethylene responsive factors

Indexed keywords

REPRESSOR PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT CHROMOSOME; RICE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ORYZA SATIVA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84879506084     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-013-1880-6     Document Type: Article

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