Cell-specific expression of the promoters of two nonlegume hemoglobin genes in a transgenic legume, Lotus corniculatus

Plant Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-57

  Andersson, Carol R ^a,b,c   Llewellyn, Danny J ^a   Peacock, W James ^a   Dennis, Elizabeth S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASUARINA; CASUARINA GLAUCA; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; PARASPONIA ANDERSONII; RHIZOBIUM; TREMA TOMENTOSA;

EID: 0031053987     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.1.45     Document Type: Article

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