NIN-like protein 8 is a master regulator of nitrate-promoted seed germination in Arabidopsis

oleh: Dawei Yan, Vanathy Easwaran, Vivian Chau, Masanori Okamoto, Matthew Ierullo, Mitsuhiro Kimura, Akira Endo, Ryoichi Yano, Asher Pasha, Yunchen Gong, Yong-Mei Bi, Nicolas Provart, David Guttman, Anne Krapp, Steven J. Rothstein, Eiji Nambara

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2016-10-01

Deskripsi

Nitrate stimulates seed germination in many plant species. Here, Yan et al. show that the Arabidopsistranscription factor NIN-like protein 8 is required to stimulate germination in response to nitrate and induces expression of an enzyme involved in ABA catabolism.