The transcriptional regulatory mechanism of the peroxisomal ascorbate peroxidase (pAPX) gene cloned from an extreme halophyte, salicornia brachiata

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 201-217

  Tiwari, Vivekanand ^a   Chaturvedi, Amit Kumar ^a   Mishra, Avinash ^a   Jha, Bhavanath ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL SALT AND MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; EMSA; Halophyte; pAPX; Stress responsive promoter; Transcript regulation

Indexed keywords

ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ABIOTIC STRESS; AMARANTHACEAE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHT; ENHANCER REGION; ENZYMOLOGY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HALOPHYTE; HEAT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPX; PEROXISOME; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT; PLANT GENE; PLANT ROOT; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; STRESS-RESPONSIVE PROMOTER; TRANSCRIPT REGULATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ABIOTIC STRESS; EMSA; HALOPHYTE; PAPX; STRESS-RESPONSIVE PROMOTER; TRANSCRIPT REGULATION;

ASCORBATE PEROXIDASES; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHENOPODIACEAE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHTS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCURONIDASE; HOT TEMPERATURE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEROXISOMES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SALT-TOLERANT PLANTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84892762087     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pct172     Document Type: Article

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