A glucocorticoid-inducible transcription system causes severe growth defects in Arabidopsis and induces defense-related genes

Plant Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 127-133

  Kang, Hong Gu ^a   Fang, Yiwen ^a,c   Singh, Karam B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Genomics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GROWTH; TRANSGENE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC VECTORS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0033213205     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00575.x     Document Type: Article

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