Title:

Arabidopsis Class A and B HSFs Show a Spectrum of Transcriptional Activity

Subtitle:

Arabidopsis Class A and B HSFs Show a Spectrum of Transcriptional Activity

Creator:

Czarnecka-Verner, Eva ; Gurley, William B.

Publisher:

Committee on Biotechnology PAS ; Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry PAS

Date issued/created:

2002

Subject and Keywords:

biotechnology

Abstract:

A plethora of heat shock transcription factors (HSFs) has been obtainedfrom various plant species (33,45-48,50,51). The Arabidopsis genome sequencingproject provided confirmation of the existence of at least twenty one HSFswhich were classified into three major classes. A, B and C, and numerous subclasses (9). Members of HSF class A displayed differential transcriptional activities in tobacco protoplasts that varied from 15- to 50-fold above the controllevel. This diversity of activity levels may reflect HSF variations regarding theirtranscriptional activation functions- some of the members might be the majorheat inducible HSFs (class A1 HSFs), while others act in an auxiliary capacity asHSF activity boosters (38). Two new class B HSFs showed no transcriptional activation potential. Reporter activities due to endogenous tobacco HSFs were inhibited by a class B HSFs showing high expression levels. This suppression ofendogenous HSFs by class B members provides further evidence that class BHSFs are not transcriptional activators, but are able to trons-attenuate thetranscriptional activity of bona fide activator HSFs (34,41). The transcriptionalcompetency of class C HSFs has not been determined.

Relation:

Biotechnologia, vol.58, 3 (2002)-.

Volume:

58

Issue:

3

Start page:

25

End page:

38

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

0860-7796 ; IChB B-54

Source:

Library of Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry PAS

Language:

eng

Language of abstract:

eng

Temporal coverage:

1988-2010

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-SA 4.0 license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-SA 4.0] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-SA 4.0 license, full text available at:

Digitizing institution:

Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Science

Original in:

Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Science

Projects co-financed by:

Operational Program Digital Poland, 2014-2020, Measure 2.3: Digital accessibility and usefulness of public sector information; funds from the European Regional Development Fund and national co-financing from the state budget.

Access:

Open