Isolation and characterization of the promoter sequence of a cassava gene coding for Pt2L4, a glutamic acid-rich protein differentially expressed in storage roots

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 334-344

  De Souza, C R ^a   Aragao, F J ^b   Moreira, E C O ^a   Costa, C N M ^a   Nascimento, S B ^a   Carvalho, L J ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cassava; In silico analysis; Inverse polymerase chain reaction; Pt2l4 glutamic acid rich protein; Root promoter; Transient expression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CASSAVA; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; INVERSE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MEC1 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENE; PLANT ROOT; PROMOTER REGION; VASCULAR TISSUE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GLUTAMIC ACID; MANIHOT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

HEXAPODA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 66749152633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/vol8-1gmr560     Document Type: Article

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