Expression of a PAL1 promoter luciferase gene fusion in Arabidopsis thaliana in response to infection by phytopathogenic bacteria

Plant Science

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-72

  Giacomin, Lawrence T ^a   Szalay, Aladar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial luciferase; Phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL1) promoter; Pseudomonas syringae; T DNA; Transgenic arabidopsis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001828803     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-9452(96)04367-1     Document Type: Article

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