Long-term stability of transgene expression driven by barley endosperm-specific hordein promoters in transgenic barley

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1108-1120

  Choi, H W ^a   Lemaux, P G ^a   Cho, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barley; FISH; Hordein promoter; Transgene expression; Transgene stability

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

TRANSGENE EXPRESSIONS;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; HORDEUM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSGENES;

EMBRYOPHYTA; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0042128615     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-003-0630-9     Document Type: Article

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