Geminivirus vectors for high-level expression of foreign proteins in plant cells

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 430-437

  Mor, Tsafrir S ^a,b   Moon, Yong Sun ^a   Palmer, Kenneth E ^a,c   Mason, Hugh S ^a,b  

^a United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Large Scale Biology Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Bean yellow dwarf virus; Geminivirus; Plant gene expression; Recombinant protein; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

CLONING; GENES; PROTEINS; VIRUSES;

GEMINIVIRUS VECTORS; REPLICATION INITIATOR PROTEINS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

PLASMID DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; BEAN YELLOW DWARF VIRUS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEMINIVIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPLICATION; GENOME; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; TOBACCO; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GEMINIVIRIDAE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC VECTORS; GLUCURONIDASE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN ENGINEERING; QUALITY CONTROL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOBACCO; TRANSFECTION;

BEAN YELLOW DWARF VIRUS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; GEMINIVIRIDAE; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0037456181     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.10483     Document Type: Article

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