The maize caffeic acid O-methyltransferase gene promoter is active in transgenic tobacco and maize plant tissues

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 307-322

  Capellades, Montserrat ^a   Torres, Miguel Angel ^a   Bastisch, Ingo ^a   Stiefel, Virginia ^a   Vignols, Florence ^a   Bruce, Wesley B ^b   Peterson, David ^b   Puigdomènech, Pere ^a   Rigau, Joan ^a  

^a DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^b PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Caffeic acid O methyltransferase; in situ hybridization; lignification; maize; maize transformation; tobacco transformation

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030152408     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00021792     Document Type: Article

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