The AtCathB3 gene, encoding a cathepsin B-like protease, is expressed during germination of Arabidopsis thaliana and transcriptionally repressed by the basic leucine zipper protein GBF1

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2009-2021

  Iglesias Fernández, Raquel ^a   Wozny, Dorothee ^a,b   Iriondo De Hond, Maite ^a   Oñate Sánchez, Luis ^a   Carbonero, Pilar ^a   Barrero Sicilia, Cristina ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; AtCathB3; bZIP; cathepsin B like enzymes; GBF1; phylogenetic shadowing; reserve mobilization; seed germination; transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CATHEPSIN B; GBF1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; COTYLEDON; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATHEPSIN B; COTYLEDON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERMINATION; GLUCURONIDASE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84899009600     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru055     Document Type: Article

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