Evaluation of four phloem-specific promoters in vegetative tissues of transgenic citrus plants

Tree Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-93

  Dutt, M ^a   Ananthakrishnan, G ^a   Jaromin, M K ^a   Brlansky, R H ^a   Grosser, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; AtSUC2; citrus; GUS; Mexican lime; rolC; RSs1; RTBV; transformation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; T DNA; T-DNA;

EVERGREEN TREE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HERB; HYDROGEN; ION; PHLOEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; SUCROSE; TRANSFORMATION;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CITRUS; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUOROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MEXICO; MOLECULAR CLONING; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHLOEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PROMOTER REGION; REGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CITRUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLUOROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC VECTORS; GLUCURONIDASE; MEXICO; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHLOEM; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CITRUS; CITRUS AURANTIIFOLIA; NEGIBACTERIA; ORYZA SATIVA; RICE TUNGRO BACILLIFORM VIRUS; TUNGROVIRUS;

EID: 84856263480     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpr130     Document Type: Article

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