An insulator element from the sea urchin Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus suppresses variation in transgene expression in cultured tobacco cells

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 265, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 405-413

  Nagaya, S ^a   Yoshida, K ^a   Kato, K ^a   Akasaka, K ^a   Shinmyo, A ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Insulator element; Position effects; Tobacco; Transgene

Indexed keywords

ARYLSULFATASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN; TOBACCO; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHIMERA; CHROMOSOMES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE SILENCING; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCURONIDASE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; SEA URCHINS; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0035035983     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380100448     Document Type: Article

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