A 68 bp element of the β-phaseolin promoter functions as a seed-specific enhancer

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 579-588

  Van Der Geest, Apolonia H M ^a,b   Hall, Timothy C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo; Endosperm; Phaseolin; Regulation; Spatial; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHASEOLIN PROTEIN, PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LEGUME; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PLANT SEED; PROMOTER REGION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FABACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEEDS; TOBACCO;

EID: 0030294744     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00020199     Document Type: Article

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