Hormonal regulation of a cysteine proteinase gene, EPB-1, in barley aleurone layers: Cis- and trans-acting elements involved in the co-ordinated gene expression regulated by gibberellins and abscisic acid

Plant Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-118

  Cercós, Manuel ^a,b   Gómez Cadenas, Aurelio ^a   Ho, Tuan Hua David ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; AMYLASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GIBBERELLIN; PLANT GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

HORDEUM VULGARE;

EID: 0032822370     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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