Characterization and activity enhancement of the phloem-specific pumpkin PP2 gene promoter

Transgenic Research

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 559-566

  Guo, Hongnian ^a   Chen, Xiaoying ^a   Zhang, Haili ^a   Fang, Rongxiang ^a   Yuan, Zhengqiang ^a   Zhang, Zhenshan ^a   Tian, Yingchuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

cucurbita moschata; deletion analysis; enhanced promoter; phloem specificity; PP2 promoter

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; PHLOEM LECTIN; PLANT LECTIN;

ARTICLE; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; COMMELINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLANT VIRUS; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SQUASH; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIROLOGY;

CAULIMOVIRUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMMELINA; CUCURBITA; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE DELETION; GENES, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; LUCIFERASES; PLANT LECTINS; PLANT VIRUSES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; COMMELINA; COMMELINA YELLOW MOTTLE VIRUS; CUCURBITA; CUCURBITA MOSCHATA; EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 10344246127     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-004-2738-2     Document Type: Article

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