Analysis of kafirin promoter activity in transgenic tobacco seeds

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1029-1035

  DeRose, Richard T ^a,b   Begum, Dilara ^a   Hall, Timothy C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

kafirin; monocot gene expression; transgenic tobacco; zein; prolamin

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SORGHUM BICOLOR; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0030446948     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00041386     Document Type: Article

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