Isolation and characterization of a harvest-induced promoter of an alfalfa gene, hi7

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-128

  Zhang, Jian ^a,d   Yu, Wen Jin ^a,e   Xiong, Ai Sheng ^b   Bahramnejad, Bahman ^a,c   Erickson, Larry R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF EDIBLE FUNGI   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KURDISTAN   (Iran)

^d ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^e SYNGENTA BIOTECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

ABA; Alfalfa; Harvest induced gene; hi7; Promoter; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 79955904854     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: 15735087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-010-9546-x     Document Type: Article

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