Functional analysis of the promoter region of a maize (Zea mays L.) H3 histone gene in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 275-285

  Atanassova, Rossitza ^a   Flénet, Martine ^b   Gigot, Claude ^c   Chaubet, Nicole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b INST DE BIOL MOLEC DES PLANTES   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cell cycle; cis elements; Histone promoter; Maize; Meristems; Transgenic Arabidopsis

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; MAIZE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTOPLAST; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; HISTONES; MERISTEM; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTOPLASTS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; S PHASE; SEQUENCE DELETION; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032080887     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005909703600     Document Type: Article

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