Structure and regulation of the maize Bronze2 promoter

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 599-609

  Bodeau, John P ^a,b   Walbot, Virginia ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

anthocyanin; Bronze2 gene; transcriptional regulation; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030292797     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00020201     Document Type: Article

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