Sugarcane DIRIGENT and O-METHYLTRANSFERASE promoters confer stem-regulated gene expression in diverse monocots

Planta

Volumn 231, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1439-1458

  Damaj, Mona B ^a   Kumpatla, Siva P ^b   Emani, Chandrakanth ^c   Beremand, Phillip D ^c   Reddy, Avutu S ^b   Rathore, Keerti S ^c   Buenrostro Nava, Marco T ^a   Curtis, Ian S ^a   Thomas, Terry L ^c   Mirkov, Erik ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DIRIGENT and O METHYLTRANSFERASE genes; Jasmonates; Rice; Salicylic acid; Stem regulated promoters; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID METHYL ESTER; LIGNIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; OXYLIPIN; SALICYLIC ACID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT GENE; PLANT STEM; PROMOTER REGION; RICE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SORGHUM; SUGARCANE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACETIC ACIDS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CYCLOPENTANES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; LIGNIN; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; ORYZA SATIVA; OXYLIPINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SACCHARUM; SALICYLIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SORGHUM; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ZEA MAYS;

LILIOPSIDA; SACCHARUM SP.; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77952541028     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-010-1138-5     Document Type: Article

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