Improvement of copper-inducible gene expression system for plant

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1307-1311

  Peng, Xiang Lei ^a   Zhong, Jin ^a   Liang, Bin ^a   Hu, Yuan Lei ^a   Gao, Yin ^a   Lin, Zhong Ping ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Copper inducible system; Metal responsive element; Metal responsive transcription factor; Transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GENE EXPRESSION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 2342418040     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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