A promoter directing high level expression in pistils of transgenic plants

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 425-431

  Ficker, Michael ^a,b   Wemmer, Thomas ^a,c   Thompson, Richard D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MRC MAMMALIAN GENETICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endochitinase; Pollination; Style; Transmitting tract

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CHITINASE; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLANT; POTATO; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CHITINASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCURONIDASE; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0031282486     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005898624425     Document Type: Article

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