Tissue-specific expression conferred by the S-adenosyl-l-methionine synthetase promoter of Arabidopsis thaliana in transgenic poplar

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1108-1115

  Mijnsbrugge, Kristine Vander ^a   Van Montagu, Marc ^a   Inzé, Dirk ^a   Boerjan, Wout ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase; Populus tremula x P. alba; S adenosyl L methionine synthetase; Translational and or post translational regulation; Glucuronidase

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; POPULUS ALBA; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; POPULUS TREMULA;

EID: 0030436006     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029061     Document Type: Article

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