Molecular cloning and expression analysis of the mevalonate kinase gene from Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 365-376

  Lluch, M Antònia ^a   Masferrer, Angela ^a   Arró, Montserrat ^a   Boronat, Albert ^a   Ferrer, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene; Arabidopsis thaliana; Gene expression; Isoprenoids; Mevalonate kinase; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CODON; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE LOCATION; ISOPRENOID BIOSYNTHESIS; MESSENGER RNA; MEVALONATE 5 PHOSPHATE; MEVALONATE KINASE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0034089209     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006325630792     Document Type: Article

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