The promoter of a metallothionein-like gene from the tropical tree Casuarina glauca is active in both annual dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous plants

Transgenic Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-281

  Ahmadi, Nour ^a   Dellerme, Sabine ^b   Laplaze, Laurent ^b   Guermache, Fathia ^b   Auguy, Florence ^b   Duhoux, Emile ^b   Bogusz, Didier ^b   Guiderdoni, Emmanuel ^a   Franche, Claudine ^b  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Casuarina glauca; cgMT1; Metallothionein; Nicotiana tabacum; Oryza sativa; Reporter gene; Root specific promoter

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERMS; COTYLEDON; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; METALLOTHIONEIN; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TOBACCO; TREES;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CASUARINA; CASUARINA GLAUCA; EMBRYOPHYTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0038733755     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023365003210     Document Type: Article

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