The fiber specificity of the cotton FSltp4 gene promoter is regulated by an AT-rich promoter region and the AT-hook transcription factor GhAT1

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1426-1437

  Delaney, Sven K ^a   Orford, Sharon J ^a   Martin Harris, Michael ^a   Timmis, Jeremy N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

AT Hook; Cotton; Fiber; Promoter; Trichome

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COTTON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT LEAF; PROMOTER REGION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; COTTON FIBER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GOSSYPIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

GOSSYPIUM; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 35348849547     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcm111     Document Type: Article

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