Dominant repression by Arabidopsis transcription factor MYB44 causes oxidative damage and hypersensitivity to abiotic stress

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 2517-2537

  Persak, Helene ^a   Pitzschke, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Arabidopsis; Mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK); MYB; Reactive oxygen species; Repression motif

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; MYB44 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REPORTER GENE; SALT TOLERANCE; SEEDLING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; SALT-TOLERANCE; SEEDLING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84893900777     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms15022517     Document Type: Article

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