Functional analysis of regulatory elements in the gene promoter for an abscission-specific cellulase from bean and isolation, expression, and binding affinity of three TGA-type basic leucine zipper transcription factors

Plant Physiology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1487-1496

  Tucker, Mark L ^a   Whitelaw, Catherine A ^a   Lyssenko, Nicholas N ^a   Nath, Pravendra ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; ETHYLENE; MUTAGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRUSES;

MUTATIONS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0036851213     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.007971     Document Type: Article

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