The G-box and H-box in a 39 bp region of a French bean chalcone synthase promoter constitute a tissue-specific regulatory element

Plant Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1105-1113

  Faktor, Ouriel ^a,c   Loake, Gary ^a,d   Dixon, Richard A ^b   Lamb, Chris J ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030987446     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.11051105.x     Document Type: Article

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