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A DEAD box RNA helicase is essential for mRNA export and important for development and stress responses in Arabidopsis.
The Plant cell - 1 Jan 2005
Gong Zhizhong, Dong Chun-Hai, Lee Hojoung, Zhu Jianhua, Xiong Liming, Gong Deming, Stevenson Becky, Zhu Jian-Kang
Abstract excerpt
An Arabidopsis thaliana mutant, cryophyte, was isolated and found to have an enhanced cold stress-induction of the master regulator of cold tolerance, C-repeat binding factor 2 (CBF2), and its downstream target genes. The mutant is more tolerant to chilling and freezing stresses but is more sensitive to heat stress. Under warm but not cold growth temperatures, the mutant has a reduced stature and flowers earlier....
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