A role of the -35 element in the initiation of transcription at psbA promoter in tobacco plastids

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 334-341

  Hayashi, Keiko ^a,c   Shiina, Takashi ^b   Ishii, Nao ^a   Iwai, Kayou ^b   Ishizaki, Yoko ^b   Morikawa, Kazuya ^a,d   Toyoshima, Yoshinori ^a,e  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^e KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

35 Element; Chloroplast transformation; GFP; Nicotiana tabacum; psbA promoter; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BASE SEQUENCE; CHLOROPLASTS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TRANSPOSONS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0344089184     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcg041     Document Type: Article

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