Dinitroaniline herbicide-resistant transgenic tobacco plants generated by co-overexpression of a mutant α-tubulin and a β-tubulin

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 712-716

  Anthony, Richard G ^a   Reichelt, Stefanie ^a   Hussey, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

and tubulin; Dinitroaniline herbicide resistance; Microtubules; Transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; BETA TUBULIN; HERBICIDE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PENDIMETHALIN; PLASMID VECTOR; TRIFLURALIN;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANILINE COMPOUNDS; BENZAMIDES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DINITROBENZENES; DRUG RESISTANCE; HERBICIDES; MICROTUBULES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; SULFANILAMIDES; TOBACCO; TUBULIN;

ELEUSINE INDICA; EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0033054195     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/10931     Document Type: Article

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