Regulation of sesquiterpene cyclase gene expression. Characterization of an elicitor- and pathogen-inducible promoter

Plant Physiology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 437-451

  Yin, Shaohui ^a,b   Mei, Leng ^a   Newman, Jeffrey ^a,c   Back, Kyoungwhan ^a,d   Chappell, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^c LYCOMING COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHARACTERIZATION; ELICITOR; GAIN OF FUNCTION ANALYSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; PATHOGEN; PHYTOALEXIN; PLANT GROWTH; PROMOTER REGION; PROTOPLAST; REPORTER GENE; SESQUITERPENE CYCLASE; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL MOTIF; WOUND;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0031251759     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.115.2.437     Document Type: Article

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