A G-box element from the Catharanthus roseus strictosidine synthase (Str] gene promoter confers seed-specific expression in transgenic tobacco plants

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 261, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 635-643

  Ouwerkerk, P B F ^a   Memelink, J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Catharanthus roseus; G box; Seed specific expression; Str gene; TAF 1

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEAR FACTOR; STRICTOSIDINE; STRICTOSIDINE SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN NUCLEIC ACID INTERACTION; TATA BOX; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON-NITROGEN LYASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GLUCURONIDASE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEEDS; TATA BOX; TOBACCO;

EID: 0032991530     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050006     Document Type: Article

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