Transcriptional activation of the parsley chalcone synthase promoter in heterologous pea and yeast systems

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 821-829

  Kalbin, Georgi ^a   Strid, Åke ^a   Frohnmeyer, Hanns ^b  

^a Avdelningen Biokemi Och Biofysik   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CHS promoter; Heterologous expression; Petroselinum crispum; Pisum sativum; RNA transcripts; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CHALCONE SYNTHASE; ELECTROPORATION; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTOPLAST; REPORTER GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

PETROSELINUM CRISPUM; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0033462140     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0981-9428(99)00116-3     Document Type: Article

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