Identification of cis-regulatory elements required for endosperm expression of the rice storage protein glutelin gene GluB-1

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-12

  Washida, Haruhiko ^a,b,c   Wu, Chuan Yin ^a   Suzuki, Akihiro ^a   Yamanouchi, Utako ^a   Akihama, Tomoya ^b   Harada, Kyuya ^c   Takaiwa, Fumio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AACA motif; ACGT motif; Cis regulatory elements; Endosperm expression; GCN4 motif; Glutelin gene

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTENIN; REPORTER GENE; RICE; SEED DEVELOPMENT; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0033136839     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026459229671     Document Type: Article

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