Characterization and expression of a heptaubiquitin gene from tomato

Gene

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 267-276

  Rollfink, Ingrid K ^a   Silber, Martina V ^a   Pfitzner, Ursula M ^a  

^a Botanisches Inst Ludwig M   (Germany)

Author keywords

gus reporter gene; Intron; Regulation; Stress; Transgenic tobacco plants

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; UBIQUITIN;

ARTICLE; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; START CODON; TOMATO; TRANSGENE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPOLYMERS; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; GENOME, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTRONS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; POLYUBIQUITIN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; UBIQUITINS;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0032510727     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00124-3     Document Type: Article

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