Tomato prosystemin promoter confers wound-inducible, vascular bundle-specific expression of the β-glucuronidase gene in transgenic tomato plants

Planta

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 406-412

  Jacinto, Tania ^a,b   McGurl, Barry ^a   Franceschi, Vincent ^a   Delano Freier, John ^a   Ryan, Clarence A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Glucuronidase; Lycopersicon (wound response); Methyl jasmonate; Prosystemin; Vascular bundle; Wounding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031463957     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050207     Document Type: Article

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