Overlap of viviparous1 (VP1) and abscisic acid response elements in the Em promoter: G-box elements are sufficient but not necessary for VP1 transactivation

Plant Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 1511-1518

  Vasil, Vimla ^a   Marcotte Jr , William R ^b   Rosenkrans, Leonard ^a   Cocciolone, Suzy M ^a   Vasil, Indra K ^a   Quatrano, Ralph S ^c   McCarty, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; PETROSELINUM CRISPUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0029360789     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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