Fusions between green fluorescent protein and β-glucuronidase as sensitive and vital bifunctional reporters in plants

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 715-727

  Quaedvlieg, Nicolette E M ^a   Schlaman, Helmi R M ^a   Admiraal, Pieter C ^a   Wijting, Susan E ^a   Stougaard, Jens ^b   Spaink, Herman P ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Fluorescence microscopy; Fusion protein; GFP; GUS; Lotus japonicus; Reporter gene; Root nodulation

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DNA TRANSFER; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE FUSION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NODULATION; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; STABLE TRANSFECTION; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FABACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCURONIDASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASMIDS; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032128012     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006068129255     Document Type: Article

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