Promoter activation by ACGT in response to salicylic and abscisic acids is differentially regulated by the spacing between two copies of the motif

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 167, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1214-1218

  Mehrotra, Rajesh ^a   Mehrotra, Sandhya ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid regulation; ACGT motif; Cis Elements; Gene expression; Promoter regulation; Salicylic acid regulation

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ABSCISIC ACID; SALICYLIC ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PLANT GENE; PROMOTER REGION; TOBACCO;

ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SALICYLIC ACID; TOBACCO;

EID: 77955053116     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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