Analyses in transgenic tobacco of the promoter from a Brassica napus gene highly expressed in the stigma

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 357-362

  Robert, L S ^a   Levesque Lemay M ^a   Gerster, J L ^a   Hong, H P ^b   Keller, W ^b  

^a OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

glucuronidase; Brassica; Promoter; Stigma; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PROMOTER REGION; STIGMA; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 0344628902     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050586     Document Type: Article

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