Intron position affects expression from the tpi promoter in rice

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 689-692

  Snowden, Kimberley C ^a   Buchhholz, Wallace G ^a   Hall, Timothy C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GUS; intron; rice; tpi; transient expression

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030174972     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00042241     Document Type: Article

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