Isolation and molecular characterization of ERF1, an ethylene response factor gene from durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. subsp. durum), potentially involved in salt-stress responses

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 6359-6371

  Makhloufi, Emna ^a,b   Yousfi, Fatma Ezzahra ^a,b   Marande, William ^c   Mila, Isabelle ^a   Hanana, Mohsen ^b   Berg s, Hélène ^c   Mzid, Rim ^b   Bouzayen, Mondher ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE BORJ CÉDRIA   (Tunisia)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

BAC sequencing; cis regulatory elements; ethylene; ethylene response factor; salt stress; transactivation assay; Triticum durum; wheat.

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DROUGHT; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SALT TOLERANCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WHEAT;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROUGHTS; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SALT-TOLERANCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRITICUM;

EID: 84922463424     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru352     Document Type: Article

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