Activation of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase gene promoters by a wrky transcription factor, AtWRKY20, in arabidopsis thaliana L. and sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas Lam.)

Plant Production Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-18

  Nagata, Takafumi ^a   Hara, Hiromichi ^a   Saitou, Kazuyuki ^a   Kobashi, Akiko ^a   Kojima, Kengo ^a   Yuasa, Takashi ^a   Ueno, Osamu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADP glucose pyrophosphorylase; Arabidopsis thaliana L.; Promoter; Sweet potato cv. koganesengan; Transactivation; WRKY

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 84856187966     PISSN: 1343943X     EISSN: 13491008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/pps.15.10     Document Type: Article

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