Analysis of T-DNA-mediated translational β-glucuronidase gene fusions

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 205-217

  Kertbundit, Sunee ^a,c   Linacero, Rosario ^a,d   Rouzé, Pierre ^b   Galis, Ivan ^a,e   Macas, Jiri ^a,e   Deboeck, Francine ^a   Renckens, Suzy ^a,f   Hernalsteens, Jean Pierre ^a   De Greve, Henri ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTE OF PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^f SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Arabidopsis thaliana; Gene fusion; Hybrid proteins; Insertion mutagenesis; Serine threonine receptor kinase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; PLANT DNA; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; T DNA; T-DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TATA BOX; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PLANT; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCURONIDASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TATA BOX; TRANSFECTION;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031908973     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005902730810     Document Type: Article

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