Identification of fungus-responsive cis-acting element in the promoter of Brassica juncea chitinase gene, BjCHI1

Plant Science

Volumn 215-216, Issue , 2014, Pages 190-198

  Gao, Ying ^a   Zan, Xin Li ^a,b   Wu, Xue Feng ^a   Yao, Lei ^c   Chen, Yu Ling ^b   Jia, Shuang Wei ^a   Zhao, Kai Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Cis Acting element; Fungal elicitor; Inducible promoter; Transient expression; W box like

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BRASSICA JUNCEA; FUNGI; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA;

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CHITINASE; FUNGAL ELICITOR; N ACETYLCHITOHEXAOSE; N-ACETYLCHITOHEXAOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BOTRYTIS; CIS-ACTING ELEMENT; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INDUCIBLE PROMOTER; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUSTARD; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENE; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REPORTER GENE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION; W-BOX-LIKE;

CIS-ACTING ELEMENT; FUNGAL ELICITOR; INDUCIBLE PROMOTER; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION; W-BOX-LIKE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BOTRYTIS; CHITINASE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCURONIDASE; MUSTARD PLANT; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TOBACCO;

EID: 84890214432     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2013.11.008     Document Type: Article

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