Regulation of a carotenoid biosynthesis gene promoter during plant development

Plant Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 505-512

  Corona, Vittorio ^a   Aracri, Benedetto ^a   Kosturkova, Georgina ^a   Bartley, Glenn E ^b   Pitto, Letizia ^c   Giorgetti, Lucia ^c   Scolnik, Pablo A ^b   Giuliano, Giovanni ^a  

^a ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; HYBRID PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHYTOENE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPLAST; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DARKNESS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PROMOTER REGION; TOBACCO; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLASTS; DARKNESS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

EID: 0030131137     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1996.09040505.x     Document Type: Article

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