The CarERF genes in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and the identification of CarERF116 as abiotic stress responsive transcription factor

Functional and Integrative Genomics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 27-46

  Deokar, Amit A ^a,b   Kondawar, Vishwajith ^a,b   Kohli, Deshika ^a   Aslam, Mohammad ^a   Jain, Pradeep K ^a   Karuppayil, S Mohan ^b   Varshney, Rajeev K ^c   Srinivasan, Ramamurthy ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b SWAMI RAMANAND TEERTH MARATHWADA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress response; APETALA2 Ethylene Responsive Factor (AP2 ERF) transcription factors; Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.); Genome wide analysis

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; PLANT DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ERF116; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; MANNITOL; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ABIOTIC STRESS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARERF GENE; CHICKPEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT STRESS; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERMINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UPREGULATION; ADAPTATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CICER; DNA SEQUENCE; DROUGHT; DRUG EFFECTS; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT SEED; PROMOTER REGION;

ABSCISIC ACID; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; CICER; DROUGHTS; FREEZING; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GERMINATION; MANNITOL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84921936327     PISSN: 1438793X     EISSN: 14387948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10142-014-0399-7     Document Type: Article

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