Differential utilization of regulatory cis-elements for stress-induced and tissue-specific activity of a French bean chalcone synthase promoter

Plant Science

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-182

  Faktor, Ouriel ^a,b   Kooter, Jan M ^a,c   Loake, Gary J ^a,d,e   Dixone, Richard A ^f   Lamb, Chris J ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Chalcone synthase; Stress induction; Tobacco mosaic virus; Transcriptional activation; Wound induction

Indexed keywords

CHALCONE SYNTHASE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030973391     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(97)04615-3     Document Type: Article

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