The promoter of the nematode resistance gene Hs1pro-1 activates a nematode-responsive and feeding site-specific gene expression in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) and Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 643-660

  Thurau, Tim ^a   Kifle, Sirak ^a   Jung, Christian ^a   Cai, Daguang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Gene regulation; Hs1pro 1; Promoter analysis; Resistance response; Sugar beet

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CELLS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SUGAR BEETS;

NEMATODE RESISTANCE GENES;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA VULGARIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEMATODA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UP-REGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; HETERODERA; HETERODERA SCHACHTII; NEMATODA;

EID: 0042476467     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024887516581     Document Type: Article

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