Marker gene expression driven by the maize ubiquitin promoter in transgenic wheat

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-172

  Rooke, L ^a,b   Byrne, D ^a,c   Salgueiro, S ^a,d  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Meristem Therapeutics   (France)

Author keywords

Constitutive expression; Maize ubiquitin promoter; Transgenic wheat

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MAIZE; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UBIQUITIN; UIDA GENE; WHEAT;

EMBRYOPHYTA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033919561     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2000.tb00022.x     Document Type: Article

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