Research Advances on Plant Promoter

doi:10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2015.02.003

Abstract

Abstract: Plant promoters play important regulatory roles at the transcription level, to study their functions can not only reflect the expression patterns of corresponding genes, but also provide an effective way for the use of plant genetic engineering to achieve efficient expression of specific genes. In this paper, recent studies were reviewed about their structural characteristics and functions, the various types of inducible promoters related to biotic and abiotic stress were mainly introduced, and the future research directions for plant promoters were prospected.

Key words: plant promoters, inducible promoters, biotic and abiotic stress

Li Tian, Sun Jingkuan, Liu Jingtao. Research Advances on Plant Promoter[J]. Biotechnology Bulletin, 2015, 31(2): 18-25.

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