Developmentally and transgene regulated nuclear processing of primary transcripts of chalcone synthase A in petunia

Plant Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-72

  Metzlaff, Michael ^a,c   O'Dell, Michael ^c   Hellens, Roger ^c   Flavell, Richard B ^b,c  

^a SANOFI   (France)

^b Ceres Inc   (United States)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chalcone synthase A; Co suppression; Ds RNA; Gene regulation; PremRNA processing

Indexed keywords

CHALCONE SYNTHASE A; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; GENE INSERTION; GENE SILENCING; MESSENGER RNA; PETUNIA; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA TRANSLATION; SURVIVAL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; TRANSGENE;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; CELL NUCLEUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; SOLANACEAE; TRANSGENES;

EMBRYOPHYTA; PETUNIA;

EID: 0033884538     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2000.00793.x     Document Type: Article

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