NAN fusions: A synthetic sialidase reporter gene as a sensitive and versatile partner for GUS

Plant Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 391-400

  Kirby, J ^a,b   Kavanagh, T A ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

GUS; NAN; Reporter genes; Sialidase; Synthetic gene; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; GENES; ORGANIC ACIDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TISSUE;

SEEDLINGS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCURONIDASE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURAMINIDASE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036847034     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2002.01422.x     Document Type: Article

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