Expression analysis of a chicory fructan 1-exohydrolase gene reveals complex regulation by cold

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 401, 2004, Pages 1325-1333

  Michiels, An ^a,c   Van Laere, Andre ^a   Van Den Ende, Wim ^a   Tucker, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold induction; Fructan; Fructan exohydrolase; Gene structure; Promoter analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; COLD EFFECTS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES;

1-EXOHYDROLASE GENE; PLANT INVERTASE GENES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FRUCTAN BETA FRUCTOSIDASE; FRUCTAN BETA-FRUCTOSIDASE; GLYCOSIDASE; PLANT DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHICORY; COLD; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHICORY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLD; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

CICHORIUM; CICHORIUM INTYBUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 2942536061     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erh153     Document Type: Article

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