Identification of Post Ethylene events during bud dormancy release

Ethylene signaling appears critical for grape bud dormancy release. We, therefore, focused on the identification and characterization of potential downstream targets and events, assuming that they participate in the regulation of dormancy release. Since Ethylene Responding Factors (ERF) are natural candidates for targets of ethylene signaling, we initially characterized the behavior of two VvERF-VIIs, which we identified within a gene set induced by dormancy release stimuli. Furthermore, We proceeded to catalog the response of all bud-expressed ERFs, and exposed additional ERFs that respond similarly to ethylene, HC, azide, and hypoxia.