Genome-wide analysis of AP2/ERF family genes from Lotus corniculatus shows LcERF054 enhances salt tolerance

Functional and Integrative Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 453-466

  Sun, Zhan Min ^a,b   Zhou, Mei Liang ^a   Xiao, Xing Guo ^b   Tang, Yi Xiong ^a   Wu, Yan Min ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AP2 ERF; Expression pattern; Lotus corniculatus; Salt stress; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

MALONALDEHYDE; PROLINE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COR15A GENE; ERF054 GENE; ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME ANALYSIS; LEA4 5 GENE; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; MOISTURE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; P5CS1 GENE; PLANT GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RD29A GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALT STRESS; SALT TOLERANCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HALOPHYTE; LOTUS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; LOTUS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SALT-TOLERANCE; SALT-TOLERANT PLANTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84906324703     PISSN: 1438793X     EISSN: 14387948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10142-014-0372-5     Document Type: Article

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