Cuticular wax biosynthesis is up-regulated by the MYB94 transcription factor in arabidopsis

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 48-60

  Lee, Saet Buyl ^a   Suh, Mi Chung ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Cuticular wax; MYB94; R2R3 type MYB transcription factor; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; MYB94 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WAX;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAF; SEEDLING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN BINDING; SEEDLINGS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION; WAXES;

EID: 84922613374     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcu142     Document Type: Article

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