Jasmonate-Responsive ERF Transcription Factors Regulate Steroidal Glycoalkaloid Biosynthesis in Tomato

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 961-975

  Thagun, Chonprakun ^a   Imanishi, Shunsuke ^b   Kudo, Toru ^c   Nakabayashi, Ryo ^d   Ohyama, Kiyoshi ^e   Mori, Tetsuya ^d   Kawamoto, Koichi ^f   Nakamura, Yukino ^c   Katayama, Minami ^c   Nonaka, Satoko ^f   Matsukura, Chiaki ^f   Yano, Kentaro ^c   Ezura, Hiroshi ^f   Saito, Kazuki ^d,g   Hashimoto, Takashi ^a   Shoji, Tsubasa ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science   (Japan)

^e TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^g CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Jasmonates; Steroidal glycoalkaloids; Tomato; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID; OXYLIPIN; PHYTOHORMONE; PHYTOSTEROL; PLANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOMATO; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALKALOIDS; CYCLOPENTANES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; OXYLIPINS; PHYTOSTEROLS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84971574833     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcw067     Document Type: Article

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