Cloning of the Pumpkin Ascorbate Oxidase Gene and Analysis of a Cis-Acting Region Involved in Induction by Auxin

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 631-637

  Kisu, Yasutomo ^a   Harada, Yoshinori ^a   Goto, Miwa ^a   Esaka, Muneharu ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascorbate oxidase (EC 1.10.3.3); Auxin; Cis element; Gene cloning; Pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.)

Indexed keywords

CUCURBITA;

ASCORBATE OXIDASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; INTRON; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; VEGETABLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCORBATE OXIDASE; BASE SEQUENCE; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; GENOMIC LIBRARY; GLUCURONIDASE; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0031135956     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029214     Document Type: Article

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