Combinatorial interplay of promoter elements constitutes the minimal determinants for light and developmental control of gene expression in Arabidopsis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 3732-3743

  Puente, Pilar ^a,b   Wei, Ning ^a   Deng, Xing Wang ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Gene regulation; Light responsive element; Promoter determinant

Indexed keywords

DNA; PHYTOCHROME;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECOMBINANT GENE; REPORTER GENE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0029953677     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00743.x     Document Type: Article

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