Interaction between composite elements in the napA promoter: Both the B-box ABA-responsive complex and the RY/G complex are necessary for seed-specific expression

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 699-709

  Ezcurra, Inés ^a   Ellerström, Mats ^a   Wycliffe, Paul ^a   Stålberg, Kjell ^a   Rask, Lars ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ABA; ABRE; Brassica napus; Gene regulation; Napin; Promoter; Seed

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PLANT GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION; SEED DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ABSCISIC ACID; BASE SEQUENCE; BRASSICA; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEEDS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TOBACCO;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0033167281     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006206124512     Document Type: Article

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