A strong inhibitor of gene expression in the 5' untranslated region of the pollen-specific LAT59 gene of tomato

Plant Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2025-2036

  Curie, Catherine ^a,b   McCormick, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; LAT59 GENE; MESSENGER RNA; POLLEN; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TOMATO;

EID: 0031278129     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.9.11.2025     Document Type: Article

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