Two distinct EIN2 genes cooperatively regulate ethylene signaling in lotus japonicus

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1469-1477

  Miyata, Kana ^a   Kawaguchi, Masayoshi ^b   Nakagawa, Tomomi ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

EIN2; Ethylene; Lotus japonicus; Nitrogen fixation; Rhizobium; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

1 AMINOCYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID; 1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANE-1-CARBOXYLIC ACID; AMINO ACID; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHYTOHORMONE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; EIN2; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LOTUS; LOTUS JAPONICUS; MESORHIZOBIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EIN2; ETHYLENE; LOTUS JAPONICUS; NITROGEN FIXATION; RHIZOBIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

AMINO ACIDS, CYCLIC; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LOTUS; MESORHIZOBIUM; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84887872700     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pct095     Document Type: Article

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