Characterization of a novel plant promoter specifically induced by heavy metal and identification of the promoter regions conferring heavy metal responsiveness

Plant Physiology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-59

  Qi, Xiaoting ^a,c   Zhang, Yuxiu ^b   Chai, Tuanyao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; HEAVY METALS; MUTAGENESIS; TOBACCO;

METAL RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; METAL RESPONSIVE ELEMENTS; PROMOTER SYSTEM; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENES; HEAVY METALS; PLANTS; SEEDLINGS; TOBACCO;

ANIMALIA; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 33846390990     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.106.080283     Document Type: Article

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