Targeting transgene expression in research, agricultural, and environmental applications: promoters used in plant transformation

C Potenza, L Aleman, C Sengupta-Gopalan - In Vitro Cellular & …, 2004 - Springer
Plant genetic engineering has contributed substantially to the understanding of gene
regulation and plant development, in the generation of transgenic organisms for widespread …

The trihelix family of transcription factors–light, stress and development

RN Kaplan-Levy, PB Brewer, T Quon, DR Smyth - Trends in plant science, 2012 - cell.com
GT factors are the founding members of the trihelix transcription factor family. They bind GT
elements in light regulated genes, and their nature was uncovered in a burst of activity in the …

A novel cis-acting element in an Arabidopsis gene is involved in responsiveness to drought, low-temperature, or high-salt stress.

K Yamaguchi-Shinozaki, K Shinozaki - The Plant Cell, 1994 - academic.oup.com
Two genes, rd29A and rd29B, which are closely located on the Arabidopsis genome, are
differentially induced under conditions of dehydration, low temperature, high salt, or …

Expression profiles of the Arabidopsis WRKY gene superfamily during plant defense response

J Dong, C Chen, Z Chen - Plant molecular biology, 2003 - Springer
WRKY proteins are a recently identified class of DNA-binding proteins that recognize the
TTGAC (C/T) W-box elements found in the promoters of a large number of plant defense …

Evidence for an Important Role of WRKY DNA Binding Proteins in the Regulation of NPR1 Gene Expression

D Yu, C Chen, Z Chen - The Plant Cell, 2001 - academic.oup.com
The Arabidopsis NPR1 gene is a positive regulator of inducible plant disease resistance.
Expression of NPR1 is induced by pathogen infection or treatment with defense-inducing …

The Arabidopsis GTL1 Transcription Factor Regulates Water Use Efficiency and Drought Tolerance by Modulating Stomatal Density via Transrepression of SDD1

CY Yoo, HE Pence, JB Jin, K Miura, MJ Gosney… - The Plant …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
A goal of modern agriculture is to improve plant drought tolerance and production per
amount of water used, referred to as water use efficiency (WUE). Although stomatal density …

Differential combinatorial interactions of cis-acting elements recognized by R2R3-MYB, BZIP, and BHLH factors control light-responsive and tissue-specific activation …

U Hartmann, M Sagasser, F Mehrtens, R Stracke… - Plant molecular …, 2005 - Springer
Chalcone synthase (CHS), chalcone flavanone isomerase (CFI), flavanone 3-hydroxylase
(F3H) and flavonol synthase (FLS) catalyze successive steps in the biosynthetic pathway …

An evolutionarily conserved protein binding sequence upstream of a plant light-regulated gene.

G Giuliano, E Pichersky, VS Malik… - Proceedings of the …, 1988 - National Acad Sciences
A protein factor, identified in nuclear extracts obtained from tomato (Lycopersicon
esculentum, Solanaceae) and Arabidopsis thaliana (Brassicaceae) seedlings, specifically …

Pathogen-and NaCl-induced expression of the SCaM-4 promoter is mediated in part by a GT-1 box that interacts with a GT-1-like transcription factor

HC Park, ML Kim, YH Kang, JM Jeon, JH Yoo… - Plant …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
The Ca2+-binding protein calmodulin mediates cellular Ca2+ signals in response to a wide
array of stimuli in higher eukaryotes. Plants express numerous CaM isoforms. Transcription …

Abscisic acid and water‐stress induce the expression of a novel rice gene.

J Mundy, NH Chua - The EMBO Journal, 1988 - embopress.org
We have identified a novel rice gene, called RAB 21, which is induced when plants are
subject to water‐stress. This gene encodes a basic, glycine‐rich protein (mol. wt 16,529) …