OsCIPK31, a CBL-Interacting Protein Kinase Is Involved in Germination and Seedling Growth under Abiotic Stress Conditions in Rice Plants

Hai-long Piao^1,7, Yuan-hu Xuan^1,7, Su Hyun Park^1,7, Byoung Il Je¹, Soon Ju Park¹, Sung Han Park^1,5, Chul Min Kim^1,6, Jin Huang¹, Guo Kui Wang¹, Min Jung Kim¹, Sang Mo Kang², In-Jung Lee²,Taek-Ryoun Kwon³, Yong Hwan Kim³, Un-sang Yeo⁴, Gihwan Yi⁴, DaeYoung Son¹, and Chang-deok Han^1,*

¹Division of Applied Life Science (Brain Korea 21 Program), Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Environmental Biotechnology National Core Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea, ²Division of Plant Biosciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea, ³National Academy of Agriculture Science, Rural Development Administration, Suwon 441-857, Korea, ⁴National Institute of Crop Science, Rural Development Administration, Milyang 627-803, Korea, ⁵Present address: Rice Functional Genomics, National institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Rural Development Administration, Suwon 441-707, Korea, ⁶Present address: Department of Cell and Development Biology, John Innes Center, UK, ⁷These authors contributed equally to this work.