Characterization of the Promoter of Artemisia annua Amorpha-4,11-diene Synthase (ADS) Gene Using Homologous and Heterologous Expression as well as Deletion Analysis

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 406-418

  Zhu, Mengmeng ^a   Zhang, Fangyuan ^a   Lv, Zongyou ^a   Shen, Qian ^a   Zhang, Ling ^a   Lu, Xu ^a   Jiang, Weimin ^a   Fu, Xueqing ^a   Yan, Tingxiang ^a   Chen, Lingxian ^b   Wang, Guofeng ^a   Tang, Kexuan ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ADS promoter; Arabidopsis thaliana; Artemisia annua L.; GUS; Promoter deletion; Trichome specific

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894060417     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-013-0656-2     Document Type: Article

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