NERF encodes a RING E3 ligase important for drought resistance and enhances the expression of its antisense gene NFYA5 in Arabidopsis

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 607-617

  Gao, Wei ^a   Liu, Wenwen ^a   Zhao, Meng ^a   Li, Wen Xue ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CCAAT BINDING FACTOR; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MICRORNA; MIRN169 MICRORNA, ARABIDOPSIS; NERF PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; NFYA5 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHEMISTRY; DROUGHT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; UBIQUITINATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CCAAT-BINDING FACTOR; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MICRORNAS; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 84941205509     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku1325     Document Type: Article

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