Genome-wide analysis of the AP2/ERF transcription factor superfamily in Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis)

BMC Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Song, Xiaoming ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Hou, Xilin ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AP2 ERF; Chinese cabbage; Gene expression; Interaction network; Protein annotation; Stress tolerance

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ERF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SELECTION; BIOTIC STRESS; BRASSICA RAPA; CHINESE CABBAGE; CHROMOSOME; DNA BINDING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GROWTH; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRESS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRASSICA; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT GENOME;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; MYA;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOME, PLANT; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-2;

EID: 84882488829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-573     Document Type: Article

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