Salt-induced transcription factor MYB74 is regulated by the RNA-directed DNA methylation pathway in Arabidopsis

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 5997-6008

  Xu, Rui ^a,b   Wang, Yuhan ^a   Zheng, Hao ^a   Lu, Wei ^a   Wu, Changai ^a   Huang, Jinguang ^a   Yan, Kang ^a   Yang, Guodong ^a   Zheng, Chengchao ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; AtMYB74; RNA directed DNA methylation; Salt stress; siRNA; Transcription; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; MYB74 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PLANT RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SALT TOLERANCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, PLANT; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SALT-TOLERANCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84942279552     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv312     Document Type: Article

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