Cooperation of two distinct cis-acting elements is necessary for the S phase-specific activation of the wheat histone H3 promoter

Plant Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1219-1225

  Ohtsubo, Norihiro ^a,c   Nakayama, Takuya ^a,d   Kaya, Hidetaka ^a   Terada, Rie ^b,e   Shimamoto, Ko ^b,f   Meshi, Tetsuo ^a   Iwabuchi, Masaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Plantech Research Institute   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^f NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 0030748318     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.11061219.x     Document Type: Article

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