Characterization of the regulatory elements of the maize P-rr gene by transient expression assays

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-19

  Sidorenko, Lyudmila ^a   Li, Xianggan ^a,c   Tagliani, Laura ^b   Bowen, Ben ^b   Peterson, Thomas ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Enhancer; Flavonoids; Particle bombardment; Pericarp; Promoter; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ASSAY; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; FLAVONOID; GENE EXPRESSION; MAIZE; PLANT GENETICS; REPORTER GENE; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION ASSAY;

DNA, PLANT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REGULATOR; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RESTRICTION MAPPING; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032987599     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006172815663     Document Type: Article

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