Tissue-specificity of maize sucrose synthase gene promoters in maize tissues after particle bombardment

Euphytica

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-21

  Huang, Xiao Fang ^a   Nguyen Quoc, Binh ^a   Séguin, Armand ^b   Yelle, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Particle bombardment; Promoter; Tissue specificity sucrose synthase; Transient expression; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MAIZE; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE;

EID: 0031669779     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018326915934     Document Type: Article

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