The expression of an aquaporin promoter from Mesembryanthemum crystallinum in tobacco

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1326-1332

  Yamada, Shigehiro ^a,d   Nelson, Donald E ^a   Ley, Eleazar ^a   Marquez, Sheila ^a   Bohnert, Hans J ^a,b,c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d JAPAN TOBACCO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Mesembryanthemum crystallinum; Nicotiana tabacum; Promoter analysis; uidA expression

Indexed keywords

MESEMBRYANTHEMUM CRYSTALLINUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0031467067     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029125     Document Type: Article

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