Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 847673, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/847673
Research Article

Size of AT(n) Insertions in Promoter Region Modulates Gmhsp17.6-L mRNA Transcript Levels

Renata Fuganti,1,2 Maria de Fátima Pires da Silva Machado,1 Valéria Stefania Lopes,3 João Flávio Veloso Silva,2 Carlos Alberto Arrabal Arias,2 Silvana Regina Rockenbach Marin,2 Eliseu Binneck,2 Ricardo Vilela Abdelnoor,2 Francismar Côrrea Marcelino,2 and Alexandre Lima Nepomuceno2

1Genetics and Plant Breeding, Maringá State University (UEM), Colombo Avenue 5790, Paraná Maringá 87020-900, Brazil
2Biotechnology laboratory, Embrapa Soybean, Carlos João Strass road, Warta County, Paraná Londrina 86001-970, Brazil
3Biology Department, Filadelfia University, Juscelino Kubitschek, Avenue 1626, Paraná Londrina 86020-000, Brazil

Received 2 September 2009; Accepted 13 December 2009

Academic Editor: Jose Botella

Copyright © 2010 Renata Fuganti et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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