The maize O2 and PBF proteins act additively to promote transcription from storage protein gene promoters in rice endosperm cells

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1509-1518

  Hwang, Yong Sic ^a   Ciceri, Pietro ^b   Parsons, Ronald L ^b   Moose, Stephen P ^c   Schmidt, Robert J ^b   Huang, Ning ^a  

^a Ventria Bioscience   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

bZIP; DOF; Recombinant protein; Transcription factor; Transient expression

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 9244219680     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pch173     Document Type: Article

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