The nitrate reductase promoter of birch directs differential reporter gene expression in tissues of transgenic tobacco

Plant and Soil

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-38

  Hachtel, Wolfgang ^a   Strater, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Birch; Gene expression; Nia promoter; Nitrate; Nitrate reductase

Indexed keywords

CELL SPECIFICITY; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; NITRATE REDUCTASE; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BETULA PENDULA; NICOTIANA PLUMBAGINIFOLIA;

EID: 0033895190     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004739621352     Document Type: Article

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