The polyamine spermine induces the unfolded protein response via the MAPK cascade in Arabidopsis.
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SUBMITTER: Sagor GH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4565113 | biostudies-literature | 2015
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The polyamine spermine induces the unfolded protein response via the MAPK cascade in Arabidopsis.
Sagor G H M GH Chawla Pratima P Kim Dong W DW Berberich Thomas T Kojima Seiji S Niitsu Masaru M Kusano Tomonobu T
Frontiers in plant science 20150910
In Arabidopsis three basic region leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factor genes, bZIP17, bZIP28, and bZIP60, play crucial roles in the unfolded protein response (UPR). Previously we found that bZIP60 is one of the spermine-induced genes. Consequently we further investigated the response of all the three bZIP genes to spermine. Expression of bZIP17, bZIP28, and bZIP60, and also their target genes was activated by spermine application as well as in plants with elevated endogenous spermine level ...[more]
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