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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 362, Issue 2, Pages 431-436Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.08.007
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gene expression; heat stress; microarray analysis; transgenic plant
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The dehydration responsive element binding protein 2 (DREB2) subgroup belongs to the plant-specific APETALA2/ethylene-responsive element binding factor (AP2/ERF) family of transcription factors. We have characterized cDNA encoding Arabidopsis thaliana DREB2C, which is induced by mild heat stress. Both an electrophoretic mobility shift assay (ENISA) and a yeast one-hybrid assay revealed that DREB2C(145-128) was able to form a complex with the dehydration responsive element/Grepeat (DRE/CRT; A/GCCGAC) motif. A trans-activating ability test in yeast demonstrated that DREB2C could effectively function as a trans-activator. ConstitUtive expression of DREB2C under the control of the cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) 35S promoter led to enhanced thermotolerance in transgenic lines of Arabidopsis. Microarray and RT-PCR analyses of transgenic plants revealed that DREB2C regulates expression of several heat stress-inducible genes that contain DRE/CRT elements in their promoters. From these data, we deduced that DREB2C is a regulator of heat stress tolerance in Arabidopsis. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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