The Arabidopsis mediator complex subunits MED16, MED14, and MED2 regulate mediator and RNA polymerase II recruitment to CBF-responsive cold-regulated genes

Plant Cell

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 465-484

  Hemsley, Piers A ^a,b,c   Hurst, Charlotte H ^a,b,c   Kaliyadasa, Ewon ^a   Lamb, Rebecca ^a   Knight, Marc R ^a   De Cothi, Elizabeth A ^a   Steele, John F ^a,d   Knight, Heather ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; COLD SHOCK PROTEIN; MED2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; RNA POLYMERASE II; SFR6 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; STRUWWELPETER PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; COLD SHOCK PROTEINS AND PEPTIDES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84896824715     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.117796     Document Type: Article

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