Isolation and characterization of a curcin promoter from jatropha curcas L. and its regulation of gene expression in transgenic tobacco plants

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 275-281

  Qin, Xiaobo ^a   Zhang, Jinping ^a   Shao, Caixia ^a   Lin, Sha ^a   Jiang, Luding ^a   Zhang, Shuwen ^a   Xu, Ying ^a   Chen, Fang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Curcin; Jatropha curcas L; Promoter; Ribosome inactivating protein

Indexed keywords

JATROPHA; JATROPHA CURCAS; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 70350008128     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-008-0078-8     Document Type: Article

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