The GCN4 motif in a rice glutelin gene is essential for endosperm‐specific gene expression and is activated by Opaque‐2 in transgenic rice plants
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- 1 June 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The Plant Journal
- Vol. 14 (6) , 673-683
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-313x.1998.00167.x
Abstract
The GCN4 motif is conserved in a number of seed storage protein genes, and promoter fragments containing this motif have been shown to be involved in controlling seed‐specific expression of the genes...Keywords
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