The heat shock factor family from Triticum aestivum in response to heat and other major abiotic stresses and their role in regulation of heat shock protein genes

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 539-557

  Xue, Gang Ping ^a   Sadat, Shahab ^b   Drenth, Janneke ^a   McIntyre, C Lynne ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gene expression; gene regulation; heat shock factors; heat shock proteins; heat stress; transcription factors; wheat

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DROUGHT; DRUG EFFECT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEAT SHOCK FACTORS; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; HEAT STRESS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; REPORTER GENE; UPREGULATION; WHEAT; WHEAT.;

GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATION; HEAT SHOCK FACTORS; HEAT SHOCK PROTEINS; HEAT STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WHEAT.;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, MESSENGER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRITICUM; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84893299108     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert399     Document Type: Article

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