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A potential Z-DNA-forming sequence is an essential upstream element of a plant promoter

✍ Scribed by Gynheung An


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1987
Tongue
English
Weight
446 KB
Volume
7
Category
Article
ISSN
0265-9247

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✦ Synopsis


The fine-structure analyses of the nopaline synthase (nos) promoter which is active constitutively in a wide range of plant tissues reveal that a portion of the upstream essential region for maximal transcription is a potential Z-DNAforming element. Z-DNA sequences are found in almost all plant-promoter regions, suggesting that these structural elements may play important roles in plant gene expression.