Expression of bacterial cellulase genes in transgenic alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) and tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.)

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 309-318

  Ziegelhoffer, Thomas ^a   Will, Jessica ^a   Austin Phillips, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Bioconversion; Cellobiohydrolase; Cellulase; Endoglucanase; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HYBRID; NICOTIANA; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CROPS; CULTIVATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENE ENCODING; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANTS (BOTANY); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL ENCODING;

ALFALPHA; BACTERIAL CELLULASE; CELLOBIOHYDROLASES; CELLULASE; CELLULASE GENES; ENDOGLUCANASES; MEDICAGO SATIVA L; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM L; TRANSGENEIC PLANTS; TRANSGENIC ALFALFAS;

TOBACCO;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; THERMOMONOSPORA FUSCA;

EID: 0032866269     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009646830403     Document Type: Article

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