The mediator complex MED15 subunit mediates activation of downstream lipid-related genes by the WRINKLED1 transcription factor

Plant Physiology

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1951-1964

  Kim, Mi Jung ^a   Jang, In Cheol ^a   Chua, Nam Hai ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FATTY ACID; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; NRB4 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WRINKLED1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PROMOTER REGION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LIGHT; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEEDS; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84977569378     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.00664     Document Type: Article

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