Expression of a higher-plant chloroplast psbD promoter in a cyanobacterium (Synechococcus sp. strain PCC7942) reveals a conserved cis-element, designated PGT, that differentially interacts with sequence-specific binding factors during leaf development

Current Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 657-666

  Christopher, David A ^a   Shen, Yanxin ^a   Dudley, Penelope ^a   Tsinoremas, Nicholas F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Progenitor Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Promoter; Regulatory element; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BARLEY; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HIGHER PLANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICOTYLEDONEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LILIOPSIDA; NEGIBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 0032810942     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050465     Document Type: Article

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