A small intergenic region drives exclusive tissue-specific expression of the adjacent genes in Arabidopsis thaliana

BMC Molecular Biology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages 95-

  Bondino, Hernán G ^a   Valle, Estela M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; MANNITOL; SPACER DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAT STRESS; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT GROWTH; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 70549087921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-10-95     Document Type: Article

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