Transcription of Plastid Genes

Regulation of Transcription in Plants

Volumn 29, Issue , 2007, Pages 184-224

  Liere, Karsten ^a   Börner, Thomas ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA binding proteins; Gene expression; Plastid genes; RNA polymerases; Transcription

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948406466     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470988886.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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