Transcriptional activity of male gamete-specific histone gcH3 promoter in sperm cells of Lilium longiflorum

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 797-802

  Okada, Takashi ^a,b   Bhalla, Prem L ^a   Singh, Mohan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Generative cell; GFP; Histone H3; Male gamete; Promoter; Sperm cell

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LILY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLLEN; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; REGULATOR GENE; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLISTICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REGULATOR; GERM CELLS; HISTONES; LILIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLLEN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; LILIUM; LILIUM LONGIFLORUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 20444388327     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pci075     Document Type: Article

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