The promoter of the cereal VERNALIZATION1 gene is sufficient for transcriptional induction by prolonged cold

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Alonso Peral, Maria M ^a   Oliver, Sandra N ^a   Casao, M Cristina ^a,b   Greenup, Aaron A ^a   Trevaskis, Ben ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARLEY; CELL NUCLEUS; CEREAL; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOWERING; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN GENE; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SHOOT; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VERNALIZATION1 GENE; WHEAT; WINTER; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HORDEUM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COLD TEMPERATURE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HORDEUM; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRITICUM;

EID: 84855257662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029456     Document Type: Article

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