Multiple conserved 5′ elements are required for high-level pollen expression of the Arabidopsis reproductive actin ACT1

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1135-1151

  Vitale, Angela ^a   Wu, Ray J ^b   Cheng, Zaiquan ^c   Meagher, Richard B ^d  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c Molecular Biology Laboratory   (China)

^d University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

cis elements; Cytoskeleton; Enhancer; Evolution; Intron; Ovule; Rice; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; TISSUE; TOBACCO;

EXPRESSION PATTERNS;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

5' FLANKING REGION; ACTINS; ARABIDOPSIS; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; INTRONS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLLEN; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0344719102     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PLAN.0000004309.06973.16     Document Type: Article

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