Construction of a bidirectional promoter and its transient expression in Populus tomentosa

Frontiers of Forestry in China

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 112-116

  Zhang, Chunxiao ^a,b   Gai, Ying ^a   Zhu, Yanyan ^a   Chen, Xuemei ^a   Jiang, Xiangning ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

glucuronidase gene (gusA); Bidirectional promoter; Green fluorescent protein gene (gfp); Populus tomentosa; Transient expression

Indexed keywords

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; AGROBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POPULUS TOMENTOSA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 38349133414     PISSN: 16733517     EISSN: 16733630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11461-008-0018-7     Document Type: Article

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