Induced somatic sector analysis of cellulose synthase (CesA) promoter regions in woody stem tissues

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Funding Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Martin Ranik for providing the CesA-promoter::GUS constructs which made this study possible and Minique De Castro for aiding in the construction of the second CAMV35S-promoter::GUS construct. We also thank Julio Najera, Valerie Frassiant and Angelique Manuel for laboratory assistance. This work was supported through funding provided by Mondi and Sappi to the Forest Molecular Genetics (FMG) Programme, the Technology and Human Resources for Industry Programme (THRIP) and the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa as well as a Linkage Grant from the Australian Research Council (LP0776563) to GB, AAM and AVS.