The promoter of the potato chitinase C gene directs expression to epidermal cells

Planta

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 566-576

  Ancillo, Gema ^a,b   Hoegen, Erika ^a,c   Kombrink, Erich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

^c Amaxa GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chitinase; Epidermis; Gene expression; Pathogenesis related protein; Promoter analysis; Solanum

Indexed keywords

CELLS; PLANTS (BOTANY); VIRUSES;

LEAVES;

GENES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHITINASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; EMBRYOPHYTA; SOLANUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0042352494     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-003-1029-0     Document Type: Article

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