Functional analysis of a cotton glucuronosyltransferase promoter in transgenic tobaccos

Cell Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 174-183

  Wu, Ai Min ^a   Lv, Shi You ^a   Liu, Jin Yuan ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cotton; Glucuronosyltransferase; Promoter activity; Regulatory elements; Sugar induced expression; Transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; COTTON; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GOSSYPIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOBACCO;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33847097274     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cr.7310119     Document Type: Article

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