Identification of a promoter sequence from the betl1 gene cluster able to confer transfer-cell-specific expression in transgenic maize

Plant Physiology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1143-1152

  Hueros, Gregorio ^b   Gomez, Elisa ^b   Cheikh, Nordine ^c   Edwards, Janice ^c   Weldon, Marcia ^c   Salamini, Francesco ^a   Thompson, Richard D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE PRODUCT; INBRED LINE; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROMOTER REGION; RETROPOSON; STABLE TRANSFECTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033372954     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.121.4.1143     Document Type: Article

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