The expression of a barley HvNAS1 nicotianamine synthase gene promoter-gus fusion gene in transgenic tobacco is induced by Fe-deficiency in roots

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1692-1696

  Higuchi, Kyoko ^a,b,d   Tani, Masaharu ^a   Nakanishi, Hiromi ^a   Yoshiwara, Toshihiro ^c   Goto, Fumiyuki ^c   Nishizawa, Naoko K ^a   Mori, Satoshi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barley; Fe deficiency; Heterologous transformation; Nicotianamine synthase gene; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDONEAE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; IRON; NICOTIANAMINE SYNTHASE; PLANT DNA; TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT ROOT; PROMOTER REGION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; HORDEUM; IRON; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TOBACCO;

EID: 0035407408     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.65.1692     Document Type: Article

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