Regulation of gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana by artificial zinc finger chimeras

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1465-1472

  Sanchez, Juan Pablo ^a   Ullman, Chris ^b   Moore, Michael ^b   Choo, Yen ^b   Chua, Nam Hai ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANGAMO BIOSCIENCES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Gene expression; Regulation; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIIA; ZINC FINGERS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; HERPES; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 12244256152     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcf186     Document Type: Article

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