The bifactorial endosperm box of γ-zein gene: Characterisation and function of the Pb3 and GZM cis-acting elements

Plant Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-52

  Marzábal, Pau ^a   Busk, Peter K ^a,b   Dolors Ludevid, M ^a   Torrent, Margarita ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b Institut for Plantebiologi   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELETION MUTAGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE STRUCTURE; MAIZE; PLANT GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, PLANT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FUNGAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN KINASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; ZEIN;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032189365     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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