Construction and functional characteristics of tuber-specific and cold-inducible chimeric promoters in potato

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-55

  Zhu, Qing ^a   Song, Botao ^a   Zhang, Chi ^a   Ou, Yongbin ^a   Xie, Conghua ^a   Liu, Jun ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chimeric promoter; Cold induced; GUS; Transgenic potato; Tuber specific

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS;

CHIMERIC PROMOTERS; TRANSGENIC POTATO;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTATO; PROMOTER REGION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; COLD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBER (TRUFFLE);

EID: 36949033830     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-007-0399-3     Document Type: Article

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