Green fluorescent protein targeted to the nucleus, a transgenic phenotype useful for studies in plant biology

Annals of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 645-654

  Chytilova, Eva ^a,b   Macas, Jiri ^a,c   Galbraith, David W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; CoYMV promoter; D35S promoter; GFP; KAT1 promoter; Nucleus

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LASER MICROSCOPY; PROTEIN TARGETING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0033045426     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1999.0866     Document Type: Article

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