Co-expression network analysis reveals transcription factors associated to cell wall biosynthesis in sugarcane

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 15-35

  Ferreira, Savio Siqueira ^a   Hotta, Carlos Takeshi ^a   Poelking, Viviane Guzzo de Carli ^b,d   Leite, Debora Chaves Coelho ^a   Buckeridge, Marcos Silveira ^a   Loureiro, Marcelo Ehlers ^b   Barbosa, Marcio Henrique Pereira ^b   Carneiro, Monalisa Sampaio ^c   Souza, Glaucia Mendes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RECÔNCAVO DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Co expression network; Expression profiling; Lignin; Sugarcane; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBON; LIGNAN; NITROGEN; PLANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME;

CELL WALL; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; SUGARCANE;

AMINO ACIDS; CARBON; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOTYPE; LIGNANS; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS; SACCHARUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84955585650     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: 15735028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-016-0434-2     Document Type: Article

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