The promoter of the strictosidine synthase gene from periwinkle confers elicitor-inducible expression in transgenic tobacco and binds nuclear factors GT-1 and GBF

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1299-1310

  Pasquali, Giancarlo ^a,b   Erven, Alexandra S W ^a   Ouwerkerk, Pieter B F ^a   Menke, Frank L H ^a   Memelink, Johan ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Catharanthus roseus; DNA binding protein; Fungal elicitor; Plant promoter; Secondary metabolism; Terpenoid indole alkaloid

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ELICITOR; ENHANCER SEQUENCE; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; INDOLE ALKALOID; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRICTOSIDINE SYNTHASE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANGIOSPERMS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON-NITROGEN LYASES; CELL EXTRACTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA PROBES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); G-BOX BINDING FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RESPONSE ELEMENTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE DELETION; TOBACCO; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0033120689     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006177414456     Document Type: Article

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