A promoter directing epidermal expression in transgenic alfalfa

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 961-965

  Mandaci, Sevnur ^a,c   Dobres, Michael S ^a,b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nova Flora Inc   (United States)

^c MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Epidermis; Lectin; Promoter; Tissue specific; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; INSECT CONTROL; LEGUME; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHODOLOGY; PEA; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PROMOTER REGION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

FABACEAE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUCURONIDASE; INSECT CONTROL; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PEAS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PISUM SATIVUM; SATIVUM;

EID: 0031213623     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005804514854     Document Type: Article

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