The introduction of an inverted repeat to the 5' untranslated leader sequence of a transgene strongly inhibits gene expression

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1098-1101

  Groenewald, J H ^a   Hiten, N F ^a   Botha, F C ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

5' Untranslated region; Inverted repeat; Plant transformation; Stem loop structure; Transgene expression

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC REGULATION; INVERTED REPEAT; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0033696431     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990000262     Document Type: Article

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