Engineering in vivo instability of firefly luciferase and Escherichia coli β-glucuronidase in higher plants using recognition elements from the ubiquitin pathway

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 337-347

  Worley, Cathy Kingdon ^a,b   Ling, Richard ^a   Callis, Judy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

glucuronidase; Firefly luciferase; N end rule; Plant; Protein degradation; Ubiquitin pathway

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; UBIQUITIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CYTOSOL; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBODY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT; PROTOPLAST; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TOBACCO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; CYTOSOL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCURONIDASE; LUCIFERASES; LYSINE; METHIONINE; MICROBODIES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENYLALANINE; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROTOPLASTS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TOBACCO; TRANSFECTION; UBIQUITINS;

EID: 0032080511     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006089924093     Document Type: Article

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