Molecular and functional analysis of new members of the wheat PR4 gene family

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 387, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1101-1111

  Bertini, Laura ^a   Cascone, Annunziata ^a   Tucci, Marina ^c   D'Amore, Rosalinda ^b   Di Berardino, Iris ^a   Buonocore, Vincenzo ^a   Caporale, Carlo ^a   Caruso, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Defence genes; Functional gene promoter; Gene expression; PR4 genes; Promoter analysis; SAR inducers

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; FUSARIUM CULMORUM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GUS GENE; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PR4 GENE; PR4E GENE; PR4F A GENE; PR4F B GENE; PR4F C GENE; PR4F GENE; PR4G GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33746903603     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2006.136     Document Type: Article

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