Spatial and temporal control of transcription of the soybean β-conglycinin α subunit gene is conferred by its proximal promoter region and accounts for the unequal distribution of the protein during embryogenesis

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 469-476

  Imoto, Yusuke ^a   Yamada, Tetsuya ^a   Kitamura, Keisuke ^a   Kanazawa, Akira ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

conglycinin; Embryogenesis; Promoter; Seed storage protein; Transcriptional control

Indexed keywords

BETA CONGLYCININ; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; SEED STORAGE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; COTYLEDON; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT SEED; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPORTER GENE; SOYBEAN; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; COTYLEDON; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLOBULINS; GLUCURONIDASE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SEED STORAGE PROTEINS; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; SOYBEANS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 63849201516     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.83.469     Document Type: Article

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