Constitutive expression of soybean ferritin cDNA in transgenic wheat and rice results in increased iron levels in vegetative tissues but not in seeds

Transgenic Research

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 445-452

  Drakakaki, Georgia ^a   Christou, Paul ^a   Stöger, Eva ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Iron; Transgenic rice; Transgenic wheat

Indexed keywords

BLOT TECHNIQUE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT TISSUE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOYBEAN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FERRITINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IRON; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEEDS; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; TRITICUM; UBIQUITINS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0034497919     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026534009483     Document Type: Article

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