Transcript levels of cold-induced genes in the cbf2 mutant and in the complemented cbf2 mutant. RNA-blot hybridizations were performed with total RNA (20 μg) isolated from 3-week-old rosette leaves of WT, cbf2, and complemented cbf2 (cbf2+CBF2) plants grown under control conditions (C) or exposed to 4°C for the indicated times. In all cases, gene-specific probes were used for the hybridizations. (A) Transcript levels of LTI78, KIN1, COR15A, COR47, RCI1A, RCI2A, and DREB2A cold-inducible genes in WT and cbf2. LTI78, KIN1, COR15A, and COR47 contain the CRT/DRE element in their promoters, whereas RCI1A, RCI2A, and DREB2A do not. (B) Transcript levels of CBF/DREB1 genes in WT and cbf2. (C) Transcript levels of CBF/DREB1, KIN1, and COR15A genes in WT, cbf2, and cbf2+CBF2. Equal amounts of RNA were present in each sample as confirmed by ethidium bromide staining of rRNAs.