Expression of green fluorescent protein from bacterial and plastid promoters in tobacco chloroplasts

Transgenic Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 631-634

  Newell, Christine A ^a   Birch Machin, Ian ^a   Hibberd, Julian M ^a   Gray, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chloroplast transformation; Green fluorescent protein; Particle bombardment; Plastid promoters; Transplastomic tobacco

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHLOROPLASTS; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASTIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TOBACCO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0142040170     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025812309254     Document Type: Article

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