The modular structure and function of the wheat H1 promoter with S phase-specific activity

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 294-306

  Taoka, Ken Ichiro ^a   Ohtsubo, Norihiro ^b   Fujimoto, Yoshinobu ^c   Mikami, Koji ^d   Meshi, Tetsuo ^a   Iwabuchi, Masaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c JAPAN ENERGY CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cis Acting elements; Histone H1 gene; Promoter analysis; S phase specific expression; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

GENE STRUCTURE; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WHEAT;

EMBRYOPHYTA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0032031713     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029370     Document Type: Article

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