Implication of 5'-flanking sequence elements in expression of a plant tRNA(Leu) gene

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 113-123

  Choisne, Nathalie ^b   Carneiro, Vera T C ^a,b   Pelletier, Georges ^b   Small, Ian ^b  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

5' flanking sequence; Amber suppressor; GUS; Tobacco protoplasts; Transcription; tRNA gene

Indexed keywords

MUTAGENESIS; PLANT GENETICS; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; FABACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; LUCIFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, TRANSFER, LEU; SEQUENCE DELETION; TATA BOX;

EMBRYOPHYTA; MAMMALIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0031906750     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005988004924     Document Type: Article

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