Antisense Waxy genes with highly active promoters effectively suppress Waxy gene expression in transgenic rice

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 881-888

  Terada, Rie ^a,d   Nakajima, Midori ^a   Isshiki, Masayuki ^b   Okagaki, Ron J ^c,e   Wessler, Susan R ^c   Shimamoto, Ko ^a,b  

^a Plantech Research Institute   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense Gene; Promoter; Transgenic Rice; Waxy Gene

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; AMYLOSE; ANTISENSE GENE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENDOSPERM; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; INTRON; MAIZE; MUTANT; POLLEN GRAIN; PROMOTER REGION; RNA SPLICING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WAXY GENE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033852029     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcd008     Document Type: Article

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