Constitutive versus seed specific expression in transgenic wheat: Temporal and spatial control

Transgenic Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 73-82

  Stoger, Eva ^a   Williams, Sarah ^a   Keen, Duncan ^a   Christou, Paul ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low molecular weight glutenin promoter; Particle bombardment; Transgene expression; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANT GENETICS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 0032767230     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008801929494     Document Type: Article

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