Identification of light- and nitrate-responsive regions of the nitrate reductase promoter from birch

Plant Science

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 153-161

  Strater, Tim ^a   Hachtel, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birch (Betula pendula); Light response; Nitrate reductase; Nitrate response; Promoter analysis

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; TOBACCO;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE;

EID: 0034723330     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(99)00182-X     Document Type: Article

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