The β-phaseolin 5' matrix attachment region acts as an enhancer facilitator

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 553-557

  Van Der Geest, Apolonia H M ^a,b   Hall, Timothy C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

boundary element; chromatin domain; enhancer blocking assay; matrix attachment region; phaseolin

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PHASEOLIN PROTEIN, PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE; GENETICS; LEGUME; MEDICINAL PLANT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FABACEAE; GENES, PLANT; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 0040075272     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005765525436     Document Type: Article

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