Use of the lacZ reporter gene as an internal control for GUS activity in microprojectile bombarded plant tissue

Plant Science

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-160

  Hull, Gillian ^a   Garrido, José Manuel Garcia ^b   Parcy, François ^c   Menossi, Marcelo ^b   Martinez Izquierdo, José Antonio ^b   Gallois, Patrick ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DU VÉGÉTAL   (France)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

galactosidase; glucuronidase; Dichromic histochemical assay; Particle gun bombardment; Promoter analysis

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 0030569209     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(96)04496-2     Document Type: Article

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