Hypoosmotic expression of Dunaliella bardawil ζ-carotene desaturase is attributed to a hypoosmolarity-responsive element different from other key carotenogenic genes

Plant Physiology

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 359-372

  Lao, Yong Min ^a   Xiao, Lan ^a   Luo, Li Xin ^a   Jiang, Jian Guo ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ZETA-CAROTENE DESATURASE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOLARITY; OSMOSIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT GENE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYTA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OSMOSIS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANT PROTEINS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84899887628     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.235390     Document Type: Article

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