The arabidopsis thaliana RNA editing factor SLO2, which affects the mitochondrial electron transport chain, participates in multiple stress and hormone responses

Molecular Plant

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 290-310

  Zhu, Qiang ^a   Dugardeyn, Jasper ^a,b   Zhang, Chunyi ^a,c   Mühlenbock, Per ^a,d   Eastmond, Peter J ^e   Valcke, Roland ^f   De Coninck, Barbara ^g   Öden, Sevgi ^h   Karampelias, Michael ^a   Cammue, Bruno P A ^g   Prinsen, Els ^h   Van Der Straeten, Dominique ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Milieudienst Midden West Vlaanderen   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^f HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ABA; Arabidopsis thaliana; ethylene; mitochondria; plant stress; PPR protein; RNA editing; SLO2; stress

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; PHYTOHORMONE; SLO2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ABA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; BOTRYTIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT STRESS; PPR PROTEIN; RNA EDITING; SLO2; STRESS.;

ABA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ETHYLENE; MITOCHONDRIA; PLANT STRESS; PPR PROTEIN; RNA EDITING; SLO2; STRESS.;

ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BOTRYTIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84893105897     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/sst102     Document Type: Article

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