Promoterless gus gene shows leaky β-glucuronidase activity during transformation of tomato with bspA gene for drought tolerance

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 352-358

  Roy, R ^a   Purty, R S ^a   Agrawal, V ^a   Gupta, S C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Cryptic promoter; Leaky GUS expression; Lycopersicon esculentum

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 52649174928     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-006-0049-6     Document Type: Article

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