Functional promoter analysis using an approach based on an in vitro evolution strategy

BioTechniques

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 209-216

  Remans, Tony ^a,c   Grof, Christopher P L ^b   Ebert, Paul R ^a   Schenk, Peer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DNA; IMAGE CODING; MUTAGENESIS; VIRUSES;

BANANA STREAK VIRUS; CODING SEQUENCES; FUNCTIONAL PROMOTER ANALYSIS; IN VITRO EVOLUTION STRATEGY;

GENES;

NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BANANA STREAK VIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SHUFFLING; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; VIRUS;

BANANA STREAK VIRUS; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 13444253762     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/05382ST01     Document Type: Article

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