Matrix attachment regions (MARs) enhance transformation frequencies and reduce variance of transgene expression in barley

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-58

  Petersen, Klaus ^a   Leah, Robert ^b   Knudsen, Søren ^c   Cameron Mills, Verena ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Barley; MAR; Nuclear matrix; Transgene expression

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CROPS; DNA SEQUENCES; GENES;

CHROMATIN LOOPS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; GLYCINE MAX; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; PETUNIA;

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BARLEY; CELL CULTURE; CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLASMID; PROTEIN BINDING; SOYBEAN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCURONIDASE; HORDEUM; NUCLEAR MATRIX; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SOLANACEAE; SOYBEANS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0036010845     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014464127973     Document Type: Article

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