Evaluation of tissue specificity and expression strength of rice seed component gene promoters in transgenic rice

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-125

  Le, Qing Qu ^a   Takaiwa, Fumio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryo; Endosperm; Gene expression; Promoter activity; Specific expression

Indexed keywords

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EID: 12744254466     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-7652.2003.00055.x     Document Type: Article

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