Functional analysis of a WRKY transcription factor involved in transcriptional activation of the DBAT gene in Taxus chinensis

Plant Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-26

  Li, S ^a   Zhang, P ^a   Zhang, M ^a   Fu, C ^a   Yu, L ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dbat; Promoter; Taxus chinensis cells; TcWRKY1; W box

Indexed keywords

10 DEACETYLBACCATINE III; 10-DEACETYLBACCATINE III; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID METHYL ESTER; OXYLIPIN; PACLITAXEL; TAXOID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CYTOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; SHRUB;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT LEAF; PROMOTER REGION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TAXUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ACETATES; ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLOPENTANES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYLIPINS; PACLITAXEL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; TAXOIDS; TAXUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

TAXUS; TAXUS WALLICHIANA VAR. CHINENSIS;

EID: 84870433755     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2012.00611.x     Document Type: Article

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