Glutathione regulates 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase transcription via WRKY33 and 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate oxidase by modulating messenger RNA stability to induce ethylene synthesis during stress

Plant Physiology

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2963-2981

  Datta, Riddhi ^a   Kumar, Deepak ^a   Sultana, Asma ^a   Hazra, Saptarshi ^a   Bhattacharyya, Dipto ^a,b   Chattopadhyay, Sharmila ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANE-1-CARBOXYLIC ACID OXIDASE; 1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLATE SYNTHASE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE; LYASE; MESSENGER RNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WRKY33 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PROCEDURES; PROTOPLAST; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA STABILITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUTATHIONE; LYASES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTOPLASTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84949579793     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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