Characterization of the potato MADS-box gene STMADS16 and expression analysis in tobacco transgenic plants

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 499-513

  García Maroto, Federico ^a,b   Ortega, Nely ^a   Lozano, Rafael ^b   Carmona, Maria José ^a  

^a Electrotechnical Section   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ectopic expression; Flowering time; MADS box; Potato; Transgenic plants; Vegetative development

Indexed keywords

CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MADS BOX GENE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PROMOTER REGION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0343618695     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006397427894     Document Type: Article

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