Large-scale screening of transcription factor-promoter interactions in spruce reveals a transcription

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2319-2333

  Duval, Isabelle ^a   Lachance, Denis ^a   Giguère, Isabelle ^b   Bomal, Claude ^b   Morency, Marie Josée ^a   Pelletier, Gervais ^a   Boyle, Brian ^b   MacKay, John J ^b,c   Séguin, Armand ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conifer; expression pattern; Picea glauca; secondary cell wall; somatic embryogenesis; trans activation assay; transcription factor; xylem

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION; SPRUCE; XYLEM;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; PICEA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XYLEM;

EID: 84901472231     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru116     Document Type: Article

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