The GUS reporter system in flower development studies

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1110, Issue , 2014, Pages 295-304

  Mudunkothge, Janaki S ^a   Krizek, Beth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorometric assay; GUS; Histochemical staining; MUG; Reporter gene; Sections; Transcriptional reporter; Translational reporter; X Gluc

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; FLUOROMETRY; HISTOLOGY; INFLORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PLANT TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TISSUE SECTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; FLOWERS; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCURONIDASE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

EID: 84934437780     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-9408-9_15     Document Type: Article

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