Assessment of Transient Gene Expression in Plant Tissues Using the Green Fluorescent Protein as a Reference

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 313-322

  Schenk, Peer M ^a   Elliott, Adrian R ^b   Manners, John M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

GFP; GUS; Internal standard; Promoter

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032237839     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007548813786     Document Type: Article

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