Characterization of the tissue-specific expression of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase gene promoter from loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) in Nicotiana tabacum

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1309-1317

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

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

PtaPAL Lignin Pinus taeda AC element

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA TABACUM; PINUS TAEDA;

PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE; PLANT DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; LOBLOLLY PINE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; XYLEM;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOMIC LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA-LYASE; PINUS TAEDA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TOBACCO; XYLEM;

EID: 77957037102     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-009-0707-1     Document Type: Article

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