Architecture and transcriptional activity of the initiator element of the TATA-less RPL21 gene

Plant Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 743-752

  Achard, Patrick ^a,b   Lagrange, Thierry ^a,c   El Zanaty, Abdel Fattah ^a   Mache, Régis ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

AUBE1; Chloroplasts; Initiator; L21 ribosomal protein gene; Transcription

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEINS;

GENE CODING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLISTICS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, PLANT; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLANTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RESTRICTION MAPPING; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TATA BOX; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EMBRYOPHYTA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0141567482     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01843.x     Document Type: Article

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