Identification of target genes and transcription factors implicated in translation-dependent retrograde signaling in Arabidopsis

Molecular Plant

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1228-1247

  Leister, Dario ^a   Romani, Isidora ^a   Mittermayr, Lukas ^a   Paieri, Francesca ^a   Fenino, Elena ^a   Kleine, Tatjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; chloroplast; cis elements; mitochondrion; retrograde signaling; target genes; transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; PRORS1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; CYTOLOGY; DEFICIENCY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASTID; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASTIDS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84904301292     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssu066     Document Type: Article

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