Self-processing 2A-polyproteins - A system for co-ordinate expression of multiple proteins in transgenic plants

Plant Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 453-459

  Halpin, Claire ^a,b   Cooke, Susan E ^a   Barakate, Abdellah ^b   El Amrani, Abdel ^c   Ryan, Martin D ^c,d  

^a JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEINASE; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCURONIDASE; HYDROLYSIS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; FELIS CATUS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS A;

EID: 0033082711     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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