Structural organization, expression and promoter activity of a cold-stress-inducible gene of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 897-909

  Kirch, Hans Hubert ^a,b   Van Berkel, Jochen ^a   Glaczinski, Heike ^a   Salamini, Francesco ^a   Gebhardt, Christiane ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b University of Arizona ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

cold storage; gene regulation; Solanum tuberosum; stress response; transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; CI7 PROTEIN, SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHYTOHORMONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WATER;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COLD; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POTATO; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ABSCISIC ACID; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; COLD; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENOMIC LIBRARY; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WATER;

EID: 0031106326     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005759925962     Document Type: Article

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