DREB2C acts as a transcriptional activator of the thermo tolerance-related phytocystatin 4 (AtCYS4) gene

Transgenic Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 109-123

  Je, Jihyun ^a   Song, Chieun ^a   Hwang, Jung Eun ^a   Chung, Woo Sik ^a   Lim, Chae Oh ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Heat stress; Promoter; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; HEXAPODA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CYSTATIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DREB2C PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; HEAT STROKE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CYSTATINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HEAT STROKE; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84892432618     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-013-9735-2     Document Type: Article

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