NAC transcription factor SPEEDY HYPONASTIC GROWTH regulates flooding-induced leaf movement in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4941-4955

  Rauf, Mamoona ^a,b   Arif, Muhammad ^a,b   Fisahn, Joachim ^b   Xue, Gang Ping ^c   Balazadeh, Salma ^a,b   Mueller Roeber, Bernd ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANE-1-CARBOXYLIC ACID OXIDASE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SHYG PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WATER;

ARABIDOPSIS; BINDING SITE; CELL ENLARGEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PROMOTER REGION; SHOOT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CELL ENLARGEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 84893068179     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.117861     Document Type: Article

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