Sugarcane Loading Stem Gene promoters drive transgene expression preferentially in the stem

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 51-58

  Moyle, Richard L ^a   Birch, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Saccharum; Stable transgene expression; Stem expressed promoter

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENE; PLANT STEM; PROMOTER REGION; SUGARCANE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VASCULAR BUNDLE (PLANT);

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; LUCIFERASES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; PLANT VASCULAR BUNDLE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SACCHARUM; TRANSGENES;

SACCHARUM;

EID: 84877589659     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-013-0034-3     Document Type: Article

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