The bHLH transcription factors TSAR1 and TSAR2 regulate triterpene saponin biosynthesis in Medicago truncatula1[OPEN]

Plant Physiology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 194-210

  Mertens, Jan ^a,b   Pollier, Jacob ^a,b   Bossche, Robin Vanden ^a,b   Lopez Vidriero, Irene ^c   Franco Zorrilla, José Manuel ^c   Goossens, Alain ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE (NADPH); JASMONIC ACID; MEVALONIC ACID; OXYLIPIN; PLANT PROTEIN; SAPONIN; TRITERPENE;

BARREL MEDIC; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BINDING SITES; CYCLOPENTANES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA-REDUCTASES, NADP-DEPENDENT; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; MEVALONIC ACID; OXYLIPINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SAPONINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TOBACCO; TRITERPENES;

EID: 84953272715     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.01645     Document Type: Article

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