Developmental and environmental regulation of tissue- and cell-specific expression for a pea protein farnesyltransferase gene in transgenic plants

Plant Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 921-930

  Zhou, Dafeng ^a   Qian, Daqi ^b   Cramer, Carole L ^a   Yang, Zhenbiao ^b  

^a VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031259857     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.12040921.x     Document Type: Article

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