A monocot pollen-specific promoter contains separable pollen-specific and quantitative elements

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 663-669

  Hamilton, Douglas A ^a,b   Schwarz, Yuka H ^a   Mascarenhas, Joseph P ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b HARTWICK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Maize; Pollen; Pollen specific promoter; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

MAIZE; MUTAGENESIS; PLANT GENETICS; POLLEN; PROMOTER REGION;

ALLERGENS; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCURONIDASE; MUTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLLEN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); ZEA MAYS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032210727     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006083725102     Document Type: Article

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