New Green Fluorescent Protein Genes for Plant Transformation: Intron-Containing, ER-Localized, and Soluble-Modified

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-26

  Mankin, S Luke ^a,b   Thompson, William F ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BASF CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

ER localized; GFP; Intron; Reporter gene; Toxicity; Transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035631881     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02824074     Document Type: Article

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