Promoter regions of the extA extensin gene from Brassica napus control activation in response to wounding and tensile stress

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 675-687

  Elliott, Katherine A ^a   Shirsat, Anil H ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Extensin; Promoter analysis; Repressors; Tensile stress; Wounding

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CELL TYPE; EXTENSIN; HISTOCHEMISTRY; PHLOEM; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WOUND;

BASE SEQUENCE; BRASSICA; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCURONIDASE; GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032128107     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005918816630     Document Type: Article

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