13 Applications of Inducible Transcription in Plant Research and Biotechnology
Annual Plant Reviews book series, Volume 29: Regulation of Transcription in Plants
Brian Tomsett,
Angela Tregova,
Mark Caddick,
Brian Tomsett
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Liverpool, Biosciences Building, Liverpool, L69 7ZB UK
Search for more papers by this authorAngela Tregova
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Liverpool, Biosciences Building, Liverpool, L69 7ZB UK
Search for more papers by this authorMark Caddick
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Liverpool, Biosciences Building, Liverpool, L69 7ZB UK
Search for more papers by this authorBrian Tomsett,
Angela Tregova,
Mark Caddick,
Brian Tomsett
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Liverpool, Biosciences Building, Liverpool, L69 7ZB UK
Search for more papers by this authorAngela Tregova
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Liverpool, Biosciences Building, Liverpool, L69 7ZB UK
Search for more papers by this authorMark Caddick
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Liverpool, Biosciences Building, Liverpool, L69 7ZB UK
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 19 April 2018
This article was originally published in 2006 in Regulation of Transcription in Plants, Volume 29 (ISBN 9781405145282) of the Annual Plant Reviews book series, this volume edited by KLaus D. Grasser. The article was republished in Annual Plant Reviews online in April 2018.
Abstract
The sections in this article are
- Introduction
- Conditional Expression of Transgenes
- Applications to Plant Functional Genomics
- Potential Applications to Plant Biotechnology
- Conclusions
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