Expression and sequence requirements for nitrite reductase co-suppression

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-114

  Crété, Patrice ^a,b   Vaucheret, Hervé ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Co suppression; Nitrite reductase; Tobacco; Transgene

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; NITRITE REDUCTASE; PLANT GENETICS; TRANSGENE;

DNA METHYLATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; NITRITE REDUCTASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0345493760     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006364323494     Document Type: Article

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