An ethanol inducible gene switch for plants used to manipulate carbon metabolism

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-180

  Caddick, Mark X ^a   Greenland, Andrew J ^b   Jepson, Lan ^b   Krause, Klaus Peter ^c   Qu, Nan ^c   Riddell, Kay V ^a   Salter, Michael G ^a   Schuch, Wolfgang ^b   Sonnewald, Uwe ^c   Tomsett, A Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural biotechnology; Aspergillus nidulans; Inveterase

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CARBON; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; YEAST;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CARBON; CAULIMOVIRUS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ETHANOL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC VECTORS; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULON; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0031912367     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0298-177     Document Type: Article

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