Bacteriophage T7 RNA polymerase-directed, inducible and tissue-specific over-expression of foreign genes in transgenic plants

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 301-310

  Nguyen, Huu Tam ^a   Leelavathi, Sadhu ^a   Reddy, Vanga Siva ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ICGEB   (India)

Author keywords

Bioreactors; Functional genomics; Inducible transgene expression; T7 RNA polymerase; Tissue specific expression

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 13444266218     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2004.00071.x     Document Type: Article

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