Arabidopsis AtERF71/HRE2 functions as transcriptional activator via cis-acting GCC box or DRE/CRT element and is involved in root development through regulation of root cell expansion

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 223-231

  Lee, Sun Young ^a   Hwang, Eun Young ^a   Seok, Hye Yeon ^a   Tarte, Vaishali N ^a   Jeong, Mi Suk ^a   Jang, Se Bok ^a   Moon, Yong Hwan ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

AtERF71 HRE2; DRE CRT; GCC box; Transactivation

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ERF71 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; PLANT ROOT; PROTOPLAST; SEEDLING;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; PLANT ROOTS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTOPLASTS; SEEDLING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84922005727     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: 1432203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-014-1701-9     Document Type: Article

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