Ecdysone agonist inducible transcription in transgenic tobacco plants

Plant Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 97-106

  Martinez, Alberto ^a   Sparks, Caroline ^a   Hart, Cliff A ^a   Thompson, John ^a   Jepson, Ian ^a  

^a JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC GENE; DNA BINDING; ECDYSONE; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLUCOCORTICOID RESPONSE ELEMENT; PLANT GENETICS; TEBUFENOZIDE; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; CAULIMOVIRUS; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA PRIMERS; ECDYSONE; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCURONIDASE; HYDRAZINES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033166547     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00504.x     Document Type: Article

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