Nuclear matrix attachment regions and transgene expression in plants

Plant Physiology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-21

  Spiker, Steven ^a   Thompson, William F ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030021267     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.1.15     Document Type: Review

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