Thermospermine levels are controlled by an auxin-dependent feedback loop mechanism in Populus xylem

Plant Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 685-698

  Milhinhos, Ana ^a,b   Prestele, Jakob ^c   Bollhöner, Benjamin ^c   Matos, Andreia ^a,b   Vera Sirera, Francisco ^d   Rambla, José L ^d   Ljung, Karin ^e   Carbonell, Juan ^d   Blázquez, Miguel A ^d   Tuominen, Hannele ^c   Miguel, Célia M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGIA EXPERIMENTAL E TECNOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ACAULIS5 (ACL5); class III homeodomain leucine zipper transcription factors (HD Zip III); polyamine; POPACAULIS5; Populus tremula Populus tremuloides; Populus trichocarpa; wood development

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; FEEDBACK CONTROL; HISTOLOGY; PH; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TISSUE; TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ACAULIS5 (ACL5); LEUCINE-ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; POLYAMINES; POPACAULIS5; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION;

POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA;

ACAULIS5 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; INDOLEACETIC ACID; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; PHYTOHORMONE; POLYAMINE; SPERMINE; THERMOSPERMINE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ACAULIS5 (ACL5); AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASS III HOMEODOMAIN LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS (HD-ZIP III); CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; POPACAULIS5; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULA × POPULUS TREMULOIDES; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TREE; UPREGULATION; WOOD; WOOD DEVELOPMENT; XYLEM;

ACAULIS5 (ACL5); CLASS III HOMEODOMAIN LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS (HD-ZIP III); POLYAMINE; POPACAULIS5; POPULUS TREMULA × POPULUS TREMULOIDES; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA; WOOD DEVELOPMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPERMINE; TREES; UP-REGULATION; WOOD; XYLEM;

EID: 84882455661     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12231     Document Type: Article

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