A Transient Assay for Rapid Functional Analysis of Transcription Factors in Arabidopsis

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 191-

  Sessa, Giovanna ^a   Borello, Ugo ^a   Morelli, Giorgio ^b   Ruberti, Ida ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; ATHB 1; Microprojectile mediated gene transfer; Transcription factors; Transient assay

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0032237724     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007442607645     Document Type: Article

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