Expression of the AtRAD51 gene promoter in response to DNA damage in transgenic tobacco

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-118

  Maeda, Tomohide ^a   Watakabe, Yuriko ^b   Seo, Seunghee ^a   Takase, Hisabumi ^b,c   Hiratsuka, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE EARTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA damage; Luciferase assay; Promoter; RAD51

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 3843078709     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.21.113     Document Type: Article

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