Complex structure of a maize Myb gene promoter: Functional analysis in transgenic plants

Plant Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 471-482

  Sidorenko, Lyudmila V ^a   Li, Xianggan ^a,b   Cocciolone, Suzy M ^a   Chopra, Surinder ^a   Tagliani, Laura ^c   Bowen, Ben ^c,d   Daniels, Michael ^e   Peterson, Thomas ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^c PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^d ILLUMINA INC   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLAVONOID; GENE STRUCTURE; INSERTIONAL MUTAGENESIS; MAIZE; P GENE; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEEDS; ZEA MAYS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033917427     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2000.00750.x     Document Type: Article

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