Rare codons are not sufficient to destabilize a reporter gene transcript in tobacco

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 383-387

  Van Hoof, Ambro ^a   Green, Pamela J ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Codon usage; RNA degradation; RNA stability; Translation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PLANT LECTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CODON; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; REPORTER GENE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CELL LINE; CODON; GENES, REPORTER; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PLANT LECTINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; EUKARYOTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0031260270     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005849622840     Document Type: Article

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