Characterisation of the ethanol-inducible alc gene expression system for transgenic plants

Plant Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 127-132

  Salter, Michael G ^a   Paine, Jacqueline A ^b   Riddell, Kay V ^a   Jepson, Lan ^b   Greenland, Andrew J ^b   Caddick, Mark X ^a   Brian Tomsett, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COLD RESISTANCE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS;

EID: 0031692946     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00281.x     Document Type: Article

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