Glutamine rapidly induces the expression of key transcription factor genes involved in nitrogen and stress responses in rice roots

BMC Genomics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kan, Chia Cheng ^a   Chung, Tsui Yun ^a   Juo, Yan An ^a   Hsieh, Ming Hsiun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Gene expression; Glutamine; Rice; Signal transduction; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; GLUTAMINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ABC GENE; ARTICLE; BBTI13 GENE; BHLH GENE; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CIPK14 GENE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DREB1A GENE; DUF581 GENE; DUF668 GENE; DUF966 GENE; EDGP GENE; EF GENE; ERF106 GENE; GAD3 GENE; GDU GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GH17 GENE; IRO2 GENE; KCS11 GENE; LBD37 GENE; MAPKKK57 GENE; MAPKKK63 GENE; MYB GENE; NAC5 GENE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PFK04 GENE; PLANT CELL; PLANT GENE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT NUTRITION; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STRESS; PUP3 GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RLK GENE; RR6 GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UCC1 GENE; WAK21 GENE; WRKY69 GENE; ZOS5 02 GENE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; ORYZA; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

GLUTAMINE; NITRATES; NITROGEN; ORYZA; PLANT ROOTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84941004340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1892-7     Document Type: Article

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