Ubiquitin promoter-based vectors for high-level expression of selectable and/or screenable marker genes in monocotyledonous plants

Transgenic Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 213-218

  Christensen, Alan H ^a   Quail, Peter H ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gene expression; Transgenic monocots; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

LILIOPSIDA; ZEA MAYS;

HYBRID PROTEIN; PLANT DNA; UBIQUITIN;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MAIZE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SELECTION (GENETICS); UBIQUITINS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030138945     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01969712     Document Type: Article

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