Inducible trans-activation of plastid transgenes: Expression of the R. eutropha phb operon in transplastomic tobacco

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1462-1471

  Lössl, Andreas ^a,e   Bohmert, Karen ^b,f   Harloff, Hans ^c   Eibl, Christian ^d   Mühlbauer, Stefan ^d   Koop, Hans Ulrich ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d Icon Genetics AG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f Metabolix Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Inducible transcription; Plastid Transformation; Polyhydroxybutyrate; Regulation; Renewable resources; Trans activation system

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLY-BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE; POLYESTER; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASTID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TOBACCO; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSGENE; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; DNA PRIMERS; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; OPERON; PLASTIDS; POLYESTERS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOBACCO; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSGENES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 26444434742     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pci157     Document Type: Article

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