Analysis of gene promoters for two tomato polygalacturonases expressed in abscission zones and the stigma

Plant Physiology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 869-881

  Hong, Seung Beom ^a   Sexton, Roy ^b   Tucker, Mark L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCISSION; ABSCISSION ZONE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHYLENE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; INDOLEACETIC ACID; PISTIL; POLYGALACTURONASE GENE; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; STIGMA; TAPG1 GENE; TAPG4 GENE;

CALYX; COROLLA; EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0033927028     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.123.3.869     Document Type: Article

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