Studies toward the identification of transcription factors in cassava storage root

Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 167-170

  Batista De Souza, Cláudia Regina ^a,b   Pereira De Almeida, Elionor Rita ^a   Carvalho, Luiz Joaquim Castelo Branco ^a   Gander, Eugen Silvano ^a  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

bZIP; Cis acting elements; Expression; Gene regulation; Opaque 2; Southwestern

Indexed keywords

BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA; EMBRYOPHYTA; MANIHOT; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 1042279138     PISSN: 16770420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1677-04202003000300006     Document Type: Article

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