The bHLH proteins BEE and BIM positively modulate the shade avoidance syndrome in Arabidopsis seedlings

Plant Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 989-1002

  Cifuentes Esquivel, Nicolás ^a   Bou Torrent, Jordi ^a   Galstyan, Anahit ^a,d   Gallemí, Marçal ^a   Sessa, Giovanna ^b   Salla Martret, Mercè ^a,e   Roig Villanova, Irma ^a,f   Ruberti, Ida ^b   Martínez García, Jaime F ^a,c  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; basic helix loop helix; BEEs and BIMs; hypocotyl elongation; PAR1; shade avoidance syndrome; transcriptional co factors

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIXES; BEES AND BIMS; HYPOCOTYL ELONGATION; PAR1; SHADE AVOIDANCE SYNDROMES; TRANSCRIPTIONAL CO-FACTORS;

ELONGATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VEGETATION;

SEED;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BEE PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; BES1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSINOSTEROID; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PAR1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX; BEES AND BIMS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOCOTYL ELONGATION; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PAR1; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; SEEDLING; SHADE AVOIDANCE SYNDROME; TRANSCRIPTIONAL CO-FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX; BEES AND BIMS; HYPOCOTYL ELONGATION; PAR1; SHADE AVOIDANCE SYNDROME; TRANSCRIPTIONAL CO-FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BRASSINOSTEROIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HYPOCOTYL; LIGHT; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SEEDLING;

EID: 84883761003     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12264     Document Type: Article

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