A 40-bp A/T-rich repressor element involved in organ-dependent transcriptional regulation of ZmGLU1

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 291-298

  Zhao, Li ^a,b   Yuan, Lixing ^a   Gu, Riliang ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

A T rich cis element; Promoter; Transcriptional repression; ZmGLU1

Indexed keywords

35S PROMOTER; A/T-RICH CIS-ELEMENT; BINDING PROTEINS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GLUCOSIDASE; HIGHER PLANTS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; PLANT GROWTH; PROMOTER; PROMOTER ACTIVITIES; PROMOTER DELETIONS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPECIFIC INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSION; UNDERLYING MECHANISM; ZMGLU1;

ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; SEED; VIRUSES;

GENE EXPRESSION;

CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79957526158     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-010-9867-5     Document Type: Article

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