Identification of a cis-regulatory element that acts in companion cell-specific expression of AtMT2B Promoter through the use of brassica vasculature and gene-gun-mediated transient assay

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-90

  Tsuwamoto, Ryo ^a   Harada, Takeo ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Cis element; Companion cell; Gene gun; Promoter analysis; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

METALLOTHIONEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; BRASSICA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT LEAF; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLISTICS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRASSICA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TRANSGENES;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 74549190927     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcp169     Document Type: Article

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