A long leader intron of the Ostub16 rice β-tubulin gene is required for high-level gene expression and can autonomously promote transcription both in vivo and in vitro

Plant Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-44

  Morello, Laura ^a   Bardini, Mauro ^b,c   Sala, Francesco ^b   Breviario, Diego ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL BOTANY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

tubulin; Intron; Inverse PCR; Oryza sativa; Particle gun; Promoter

Indexed keywords

CLONING; DNA; GENES; IMAGE CODING; RNA;

GENE EXPRESSION;

CROPS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ORYZA SATIVA; TRANSPOSONS;

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TUBULIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; INTRON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; RICE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

5' FLANKING REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUBULIN;

EID: 0036007582     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0960-7412.2001.01192.x     Document Type: Article

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