A highly sensitive plant hybrid protein assay system based on the Spm promoter and TnpA protein for detection and analysis of transcription activation domains

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 717-725

  Schläppi, Michael ^a,b   Raina, Ramesh ^a,c   Fedoroff, Nina ^a,c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

hybrid protein; plant assay; Spm; TnpA; transcription activation; transposon

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030294530     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00020212     Document Type: Article

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