The 22 bp W1 element in the pea lectin promoter is necessary and, as a multimer, sufficient for high gene expression in tobacco seeds

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 515-523

  De Pater, Sylvia ^a   Pham, Khanh ^a   Klitsie, Inge ^a   Kijne, Jan ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

pea lectin; promoter analysis; seed specific element; tissue specific expression; transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030292801     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00019103     Document Type: Article

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