A Heat-Inducible Transcription Factor, HsfA2, Is Required for Extension of Acquired Thermotolerance in Arabidopsis
National Taiwan University · Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica
Abstract
The expression of heat shock proteins (Hsps) induced by nonlethal heat treatment confers acquired thermotolerance (AT) to organisms against subsequent challenges of otherwise lethal temperature. After the stress signal is removed, AT gradually decays, with decreased Hsps during recovery. AT of sufficient duration is critical for sessile organisms such as plants to survive repeated heat stress in their environment, but little is known regarding its regulation. To identify potential regulatory components, we took a reverse genetics approach by screening for Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) T-DNA insertion mutants that show decreased thermotolerance after a long recovery (2 d) under nonstress conditions…
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Authors
7- YCYee‐yung CharngCorresponding
National Taiwan University, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica
- HLHsiang‐chin Liu
National Taiwan University, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica
- NLNai-yu Liu
National Taiwan University, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica
- WCWen-tzu Chi
National Taiwan University, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica
- CWChun‐Neng Wang
National Taiwan University, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica
Topics & keywords
- Arabidopsis
- Transcription factor
- Extension (predicate logic)
- Cell biology
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Botany
- Computational biology