Systems approach identifies TGA1 and TGA4 transcription factors as important regulatory components of the nitrate response of Arabidopsis thaliana roots

Plant Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-13

  Alvarez, José M ^a,b   Riveras, Eleodoro ^a,b   Vidal, Elena A ^a,b   Gras, Diana E ^a,b   Contreras López, Orlando ^a,b   Tamayo, Karem P ^a,b   Aceituno, Felipe ^a,b   Gómez, Isabel ^b   Ruffel, Sandrine ^c   Lejay, Laurence ^c   Jordana, Xavier ^b   Gutiérrez, Rodrigo A ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Center for Genome Regulation   (Chile)

^c INRA   (France)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Lateral root growth; Nitrate sensing; Nitrate signal; TGA1 and TGA4

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS; LATERAL ROOTS; NITRATE TRANSPORTERS; REGULATORY FACTORS; TGA1 AND TGA4;

NITRATES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TGA1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TGA4 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOT; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MUTATION; NITRATES; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOTS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTOME; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84924755167     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12618     Document Type: Article

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