Genome-Wide Analysis and Expression Profiling of the ERF Transcription Factor Family in Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)

Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 348-358

  Charfeddine, Mariam ^a   Saïdi, Mohamed Najib ^b   Charfeddine, Safa ^a   Hammami, Asma ^a   Gargouri Bouzid, Radhia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; ERF transcription factor; Genome wide analysis; Potato

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME WIDE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; POTATO; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE RT-PCR;

TRANSCRIPTION;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ERF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; BIOTIC STRESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; POPULUS; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA; POTATO; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICE; RNA ISOLATION; RNA SEQUENCE; SOYBEAN; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TOMATO; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT GENOME;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, PLANT; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84925850184     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: 15590305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12033-014-9828-z     Document Type: Article

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