Arabidopsis miR171-Targeted Scarecrow-Like Proteins Bind to GT cis-Elements and Mediate Gibberellin-Regulated Chlorophyll Biosynthesis under Light Conditions

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Ma, Zhaoxue ^a,b   Hu, Xupeng ^a,b   Cai, Wenjuan ^a   Huang, Weihua ^a   Zhou, Xin ^c   Luo, Qian ^d   Yang, Hongquan ^d   Wang, Jiawei ^a   Huang, Jirong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CHLOROPHYLL; GIBBERELLIN; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 171; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN DELLA; PROTOCHLOROPHYLLIDE; PROTOCHLOROPHYLLIDE OXIDOREDUCTASE; SCARECROW LIKE PROTEIN 22; SCARECROW LIKE PROTEIN 27; SCARECROW LIKE PROTEIN 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; GAI PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MIRN171 MICRORNA, ARABIDOPSIS; POR PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; SCR PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL EXPANSION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GT CIS ELEMENT; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEAF DEVELOPMENT; MIR171 GENE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; PLANT LEAF; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POR GENE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TARGETING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEEDLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PLANT DEVELOPMENT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHLOROPHYLL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GIBBERELLINS; GLUCURONIDASE; LIGHT; MICRORNAS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDLING;

EID: 84935040331     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004519     Document Type: Article

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