Transgene expression in strawberries driven by a heterologous phloem-specific promoter

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 224-230

  Zhao, Yan ^a   Liu, Qingzhong ^a,b   Davis, Robert E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fruit Tree Biotechnology Breeding   (China)

Author keywords

AtSUC2 promoter; Indirect regeneration; Phloem specific expression; Strawberry

Indexed keywords

GENES; HISTOLOGY;

PHYTOPLASMAS; TRANSGENE EXPRESSION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CARBANILAMIDE DERIVATIVE; CARRIER PROTEIN; SUCROSE TRANSPORT PROTEIN, PLANT; THIADIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; THIDIAZURON; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; STRAWBERRY; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; FRAGARIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; GLUCURONIDASE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PHENYLUREA COMPOUNDS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); THIADIAZOLES; TRANSFECTION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

GENES; HISTOLOGY; LEAVES; PLANTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; MYCOPLASMA; PHYTOPLASMA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 6344289490     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-004-0812-0     Document Type: Article

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