The Use of the Luciferase Reporter System for in Planta Gene Expression Studies

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages

  Van Leeuwen, Wessel ^a   Hagendoorn, Marc J M ^a   Ruttink, Tom ^a   Van Poecke, Remco ^a   Van Der Plas, Linus H W ^a   Van Der Krol, Alexander R ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cauliflower Mosaic Virus 35S promoter; Luciferase reporter system; Petunia hybrida; Reporter gene; Transgene expression; Variegation

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844464233     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02824024     Document Type: Article

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