Activity of β-glucuronidase in root tips of different types of transgenic sugar beet plants

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 531-541

  Vitha, S ^a,f   Phillips, J P ^b   Gartland, J S ^c   Gartland, K M A ^c   Benes K ^d   Elliott, M C ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b Gatersleben Research Institute   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^e DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expression variability; Reporter gene; Tissue specific expression

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLONE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MITOSIS; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BETA VULGARIS;

EID: 0031545073     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001749119125     Document Type: Article

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