Cis-elements important for the expression of the ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase small-subunit are located both upstream and downstream from its structural gene

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 250, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 581-592

  Nakata, Paul A ^a   Okita, Thomas W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADP glucose pyrophosphorylase; Cis element; Expression; Potato GUS fusions; Starch

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; STARCH;

ARTICLE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0029868713     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02174446     Document Type: Article

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