Intron-mediated enhancement of gene expression in transgenic plants using chimeric constructs composed of the Peanut chlorotic streak virus (PClSV) promoter-leader and the antisense orientation of PClSV ORF VII (p7R)

Planta

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 115-124

  Bhattacharyya, Somnath ^a,b   Pattanaik, Sitakanta ^a   Maiti, Indu B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA   (India)

Author keywords

Enhanced expression; Intron; Nicotiana; Peanut chlorotic streak virus; Splicing; Transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; GENES; TOBACCO; VIRUSES;

SPLICING PROCESSES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; BROMOVIRUS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; CHEMISTRY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; INTRON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIROLOGY;

BASE SEQUENCE; BROMOVIRUS; CAULIMOVIRUS; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; BROMOVIRUS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; FELIS CATUS; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PEANUT CHLOROTIC STREAK VIRUS;

EID: 0346038834     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-003-1078-4     Document Type: Article

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