Downstream elements from the pea albumin 1 gene confer sulfur responsiveness on a reporter gene

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 309-316

  Morton, R L ^a,b   Ellery, A J ^a,b   Higgins, T J V ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pea; Post transcriptional regulation; RNA stability; Sulfur deficiency; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; OVALBUMIN; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALBUMINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; MODELS, GENETIC; OVALBUMIN; PEAS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SULFUR; TOBACCO;

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0031658079     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050817     Document Type: Article

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