Isolation of 4-coumarate Co-A ligase gene promoter from loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) and characterization of tissue-specific activity in transgenic tobacco

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 1031-1036

  Osakabe, Yuriko ^a   Osakabe, Keishi ^a   Chiang, Vincent L ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AC element; Lignin; Pinus taeda; Pta4CL

Indexed keywords

4 COUMARATE COA LIGASE; 4-COUMARATE-COA LIGASE; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PLANT DNA;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LOBLOLLY PINE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PLANT STEM; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; XYLEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BASE SEQUENCE; COENZYME A LIGASES; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PINUS TAEDA; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TOBACCO; XYLEM;

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 71849098784     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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