Plant Promoters and Transcription Factors

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XI

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2. Plant Transcription Systems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Structural Organization and Regulation of Transcription by RNA Polymerase I of Plant Nuclear Ribosomal RNA Genes

      • Vera Hemleben, Ulrike Zentgraf

      Pages 3-24

   3. RNAPII: A Specific Target for the Cell Cycle Kinase Complex

      • László Bakó, Sirpa Nuotio, Dénes Dudits, Jeff Schell, Csaba Koncz

      Pages 25-64

   4. Plastid Differentiation: Organelle Promoters and Transcription Factors

      • Gerhard Link

      Pages 65-85

   5. AT-Rich Elements (ATREs) in the Promoter Regions of Nodulin and Other Higher Plant Genes: a Novel Class of Cis-Acting Regulatory Element?

      • Brian G. Forde

      Pages 87-103

   6. In Vitro Transcription of Plant Nuclear Genes

      • Patrick Schweizer

      Pages 105-121

3. Promoters Regulated by Stress and Developmental Signals

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123

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   2. Heat Stress Promoters and Transcription Factors

      • Klaus-Dieter Scharf, Tilo Materna, Eckardt Treuter, Lutz Nover

      Pages 125-162

   3. Regulatory Elements Governing Pathogenesis-Related (PR) Gene Expression

      • Imre E. Somssich

      Pages 163-179

   4. Analysis of Tissue-Specific Elements in the CaMV 35S Promoter

      • Eric Lam

      Pages 181-196

   5. Analysis of Ocs-Element Enhancer Sequences and Their Binding Factors

      • Karam B. Singh, Bei Zhang, Soma B. Narasimhulu, Rhonda C. Foley

      Pages 197-207

   6. Regulation of α-Zein Gene Expression During Maize Endosperm Development

      • Milo J. Aukerman, Robert J. Schmidt

      Pages 209-233

   7. Control of Floral Organ Identity by Homeotic MADS-Box Transcription Factors

      • Brendan Davies, Zsuzsanna Schwarz-Sommer

      Pages 235-258

   8. The GL1 Gene and the Trichome Developmental Pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana

      • John C. Larkin, David G. Oppenheimer, M. David Marks

      Pages 259-275

The control of plant gene expression at the transcriptional level is the main subject of this volume. Genetics, molecular biology and gene technology have dramatically improved our knowledge of this event. The functional analysis of promoters and transcription factors provides more and more insights into the molecular anatomy of initiation complexes assembled from RNA polymerase and the multiplicity of helper and control proteins. Formation of specific DNA-protein complexes - activating or repressing transcription - is the crux of developmental or environmental control of gene expression. The book presents an up-to-date, critical overview of this rapidly advancing field.

• RNA
• anatomy
• biology
• cell
• cell differentiation
• development
• gene
• gene expression
• genetics
• molecular biology
• plant
• plants
• proteins
• signal transmission
• transcription

• Dept. of Molecular Cell Biology, University of Frankfurt Biocenter, Frankfurt, Germany

  Lutz Nover

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