BZR1 Positively Regulates Freezing Tolerance via CBF-Dependent and CBF-Independent Pathways in Arabidopsis

Molecular Plant

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 545-559

  Li, Hui ^a   Ye, Keyi ^a   Shi, Yiting ^a   Cheng, Jinkui ^a   Zhang, Xiaoyan ^a   Yang, Shuhua ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; BIN2; BZR1; CBF; freezing tolerance

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BIN2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; BZR1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; DREB1A PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN KINASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 85015848683     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2017.01.004     Document Type: Article

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