Synthetic promoters in planta

Planta

Volumn 242, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1077-1094

  Dey, Nrisingha ^a   Sarkar, Shayan ^a   Acharya, Sefali ^a   Maiti, Indu B ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

cis Engineering; Promoter structure; Synthetic promoter; Synthetic promoters directing multiple gene expression; Transcription; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84941942704     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-015-2377-2     Document Type: Review

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