Structural, evolutionary and functional analysis of the NAC domain protein family in Eucalyptus

New Phytologist

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1337-1350

  Hussey, Steven G ^a   Saïdi, Mohammed N ^b   Hefer, Charles A ^c   Myburg, Alexander A ^a   Grima Pettenati, Jacqueline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

NAC; Eucalyptus; Evolution; Stress; Transcription factor; Wood formation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; MYRTALES; ROSIDAE;

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; EUCALYPTUS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT GENE; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EUCALYPTUS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84928920124     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13139     Document Type: Article

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