Effect of nuclear matrix attachment regions on transgene expression in tobacco plants

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 637-646

  Nowak, Witold ^a   Gawłowska, Magdalena ^a,b   Jarmołowski, Artur ^a   Augustyniak, Jacek ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Matrix attachment region; Plant transformation; Transgene expression

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; RNA; T DNA; T-DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; METABOLISM; REPORTER GENE; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TOBACCO; TRANSGENE;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC MARKERS; GLUCURONIDASE; NUCLEAR MATRIX; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; RNA; TOBACCO; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0035749216     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.2001_3898     Document Type: Article

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