O-GlcNAc-mediated interaction between VER2 and TaGRP2 elicits TaVRN1 mRNA accumulation during vernalization in winter wheat

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Xiao, Jun ^a,b,d   Xu, Shujuan ^a,b   Li, Chunhua ^a,b   Xu, Yunyuan ^a   Xing, Lijing ^a   Niu, Yuda ^a   Huan, Qing ^a,b   Tang, Yimiao ^c   Zhao, Changping ^c   Wagner, Doris ^d   Gao, Caixia ^e   Chong, Kang ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; JACALIN; MESSENGER RNA; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TAGRP2 PROTEIN; TAVRN1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; VER2 PROTEIN; LECTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CARBOHYDRATE; GENETIC VARIATION; PROTEIN; RNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; WHEAT;

ARTICLE; CEREAL; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; FLOWERING; HEXAPLOIDY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; UPREGULATION; VERNALIZATION; WINTER WHEAT; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLOROPLAST; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WHEAT;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLOROPLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LECTINS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEASONS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRITICUM;

EID: 84907351286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5572     Document Type: Article

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