Comparative expression analysis of two sugarcane polyubiquitin promoters and flanking sequences in transgenic plants

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 160, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1241-1251

  Wei, Hairong ^a,d   Wang, Ming Li ^b   Moore, Paul H ^c   Albert, Henrik H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b HAWAII AGRICULTURE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Monocot; Promoter; PTGS; Rice; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

GENES; PHYSIOLOGY;

TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGROBACTERIUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0142229553     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0176-1617-01086     Document Type: Article

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