Opposite action of R2R3-MYBs from different subgroups on key genes of the shikimate and monolignol pathways in spruce

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 495-508

  Bomal, Claude ^a   Duval, Isabelle ^b   Giguère, Isabelle ^a   Fortin, Élise ^a   Caron, Sébastien ^a   Stewart, Don ^b   Boyle, Brian ^a   Séguin, Armand ^b   Mackay, John J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conifers; phenylpropanoid pathway; protein DNA binding; R2R3 MYB evolution; transcriptional network

Indexed keywords

LIGNIN; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT DNA; SHIKIMIC ACID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONIFER; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENYLPROPANOID PATHWAY; PINE; PLANT GENE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN-DNA BINDING; R2R3-MYB EVOLUTION; SPRUCE; TIME; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL NETWORK.;

CONIFERS; PHENYLPROPANOID PATHWAY; PROTEIN-DNA BINDING; R2R3-MYB EVOLUTION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL NETWORK.;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; LIGNIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PICEA; PINUS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, MESSENGER; SHIKIMIC ACID; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84893268418     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert398     Document Type: Article

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