The tomato HD-Zip i transcription factor SlHZ24 modulates ascorbate accumulation through positive regulation of the d -mannose/ l -galactose pathway

Plant Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 16-29

  Hu, Tixu ^a   Ye, Jie ^a   Tao, Peiwen ^a   Li, Hanxia ^a   Zhang, Junhong ^a   Zhang, Yuyang ^a   Ye, Zhibiao ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ascorbate; oxidative stress; SlGMP3; SlHZ24; tomato

Indexed keywords

BINS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); FRUITS; GENE ENCODING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ASCORBATE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SLGMP3; SLHZ24; SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM; TOMATO; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION;

TRANSCRIPTION;

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; GALACTOSE; MANNOSE; PLANT PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PROMOTER REGION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; GALACTOSE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MANNOSE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RNA INTERFERENCE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84956683365     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13085     Document Type: Article

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