Functional characterization of ArabidopsisHsfA6a as a heat-shock transcription factor under high salinity and dehydration conditions

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1202-1222

  Hwang, Sung Min ^a,b   Kim, Dae Won ^a   Woo, Min Seok ^a   Jeong, Hyeong Seop ^a   Son, Young Sim ^a   Akhter, Salina ^a   Choi, Gyung Ja ^b   Bahk, Jeong Dong ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ABA dependent signalling pathway; ABF AREB proteins; Abscisic acid (ABA); AtHsfA6a; Drought; Transcriptional activator

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; DEHYDRATION; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT; GERMINATION; HEAT TRANSFER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; SALINITY; SEED; SIGNAL;

ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HSFA6A PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; T-DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADAPTATION; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DEHYDRATION; DROUGHT; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SALINITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UPREGULATION;

ABSCISIC ACID; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; DEHYDRATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SALINITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84898059250     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12228     Document Type: Article

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