Construction and functional analysis of pathogen-inducible synthetic promoters in Brassica napus

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 689-695

  Shokouhifar, F ^a,b   Zamani, M R ^a   Motallebi, M ^a   Mousavi, A ^a   Malboobi, M A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

canola; cis acting element; elicitor; fungal infection; reporter gene

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; HYPHOMYCETES; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 80054036729     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-011-0169-5     Document Type: Article

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