Cis-regulatory elements used to control gene expression in plants

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 269-287

  Bilas R ^a   Szafran, Katarzyna ^a,b   Hnatuszko Konka, Katarzyna ^a   Kononowicz, Andrzej K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Enhancer; Insulator; Plant; Promoter; Silencer

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ENHANCER; INSULATOR; PLANT; PROMOTER; SILENCER;

GENE EXPRESSION;

EID: 84981229329     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: 15735044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-016-1057-7     Document Type: Review

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