GT-2: In vivo transcriptional activation activity and definition of novel twin DNA binding domains with reciprocal target sequence selectivity

Plant Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1041-1059

  Ni, Min ^a   Dehesh, Katayoon ^b   Tepperman, James M ^b,c   Quail, Peter H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Calgene Inc   (United States)

^d PLANT GENE EXPRESSION CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0030174915     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.8.6.1041     Document Type: Article

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