Regulated AtHKT1 Gene Expression by a Distal Enhancer Element and DNA Methylation in the Promoter Plays an Important Role in Salt Tolerance

Element and DNA Methylation in the Promoter Plays an Important Role in Salt Tolerance Dongwon Baek, Jiafu Jiang, Jung-Sung Chung, Bangshing Wang, Junping Chen, Zhanguo Xin and Huazhong Shi* Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA Plant Stress and Germplasm Development Unit, USDA-ARS, Lubbock, TX 79415, USA These authors contributed equally to this work *Corresponding author: E-mail, huazhong.shi@ttu.edu; Fax, +1-806-742-1289 (Received October 18, 2010; Accepted November 16, 2010)