Effects of rho-independent terminators on the expression of the prokaryotic β-glucuronidase gene in tobacco

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 171-179

  Jeng, Shih Tong ^a   Yen, Chia Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE RNA; BASE PAIRING; GENE DELETION; GENETIC VARIANCE; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; PROTOPLAST; REGULATOR GENE; REPORTER GENE; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034010925     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.2000.108002171.x     Document Type: Article

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