Use of matrix attachment regions (MARs) to minimize transgene silencing

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 361-376

  Allen, George C ^a   Spiker, Steven ^a   Thompson, William F ^a,b  

^a Box 7612 ^*  (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin structure; Gene silencing; MAR; Nuclear matrix; Nuclear scaffold; SAR

Indexed keywords

GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN VITRO CULTURE; INTERPHASE; MATRIX ATTACHMENT REGION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 0033832638     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006424621037     Document Type: Article

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