Homology-based control of gene expression patterns in transgenic petunia flowers

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 100-109

  Que, Qiudeng ^a   Jorgensen, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosuppression; Epimutation; Homology sensing; Interlocus interactions; Paragenetic; Paramutation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SILENCER GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EMBRYOPHYTA; PETUNIA;

EID: 0031940775     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1998)22:1<100::AID-DVG10>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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