Effects of additional sequences directly downstream from the AUG on the expression of GFP gene

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1630, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 84-95

  Zhao, Kong Nan ^a   Tomlinson, Liz ^a   Liu, Wen Jun ^a   Gu, Wenyi ^a   Frazer, Ian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Downstream; GFP; Sequence

Indexed keywords

BENZYLOXYCARBONYLLEUCYLLEUCYLLEUCINAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; PROTEASOME INHIBITOR; SULFUR 35;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN COS1; CHO CELL; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAMSTER; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OVARY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0344665764     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbaexp.2003.09.010     Document Type: Article

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