A PR-5 gene promoter from Asparagus officinalis (AoPRT-L) is not induced by abiotic stress, but is activated around sites of pathogen challenge and by salicylate in transgenic tobacco

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 367-378

  Kenton, Paul ^a   Darby, Robert M ^a   Shelley, Greg ^a   Draper, John ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0347336311     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1364-3703.2000.00040.x     Document Type: Article

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