Cloning and characterization of AabHLH1, a bHLH transcription factor that positively regulates artemisinin biosynthesis in Artemisia annua

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1592-1604

  Ji, Yunpeng ^a   Xiao, Jingwei ^b   Shen, Yalin ^a   Ma, Dongming ^c   Li, Zhenqiu ^d   Pu, Gaobin ^c   Li, Xing ^a   Huang, Lili ^c   Liu, Benye ^c   Ye, Hechun ^c   Wang, Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d HEBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

11 diene synthase (ADS); Amorpha 4; Artemisia annua L; Artemisinin biosynthesis; bHLH transcription factor; Cyt P450 monooxygenase (CYP71AV1)

Indexed keywords

AMORPHA-4,11-DIENE SYNTHASE; ARTEMISININ; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CYTOCHROME P450; TRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT LEAF; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTEMISININS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BINDING SITES; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84933046634     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcu090     Document Type: Article

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