Overexpression of , a CCCH-Zinc Finger, Improves Drought Tolerance in Rice by Regulating Stress-Related Genes.

CCCH zinc finger proteins are members of the zinc finger protein family, and are known to participate in the regulation of development and stress responses via the posttranscriptional regulation of messenger RNA in animals and yeast. However, the molecular mechanism of CCCHZF-mediated drought tolerance is not well understood. We analyzed the functions of , a member of the rice CCCHZF family.

Gibberellin Promotes Bolting and Flowering via the Floral Integrators and under Marginal Vernalization in Radish.

Gibberellic acid (GA) is one of the factors that promotes flowering in radish ( L.), although the mechanism mediating GA activation of flowering has not been determined. To identify this mechanism in radish, we compared the effects of GA treatment on late-flowering (NH-JS1) and early-flowering (NH-JS2) radish lines.