Isolation and characterization of a novel plant promoter that directs strong constitutive expression of transgenes in plants

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 221-231

  Xiao, Kai ^a,c   Zhang, Celia ^a,d   Harrison, Maria ^b   Wang, Zeng Yu ^a  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^b United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitutive expression; Deletion analysis; Medicago truncatula; Promoter; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

GENES;

CONSTITUTIVE EXPRESSIONS; DELETION ANALYSIS; ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION; LEGUME SPECIES; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; PROMOTER; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENEIC PLANTS; TRANSGENICS; WHITE CLOVER;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; ARABIDOPSIS; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; RHIZOBIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 15244339433     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-004-5679-9     Document Type: Article

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