Consistent transcriptional silencing of 35S-driven transgenes in gentian

Plant Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 541-556

  Mishiba, Kei Ichiro ^a,c   Nishihara, Masahiro ^c   Nakatsuka, Takashi ^c   Abe, Yoshiko ^c   Hirano, Hiroshi ^c   Yokoi, Takahide ^b,c   Kikuchi, Akiko ^c   Yamamura, Saburo ^c  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^c IWATE BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

35S promoter; Bisulfite genomic sequencing; DNA methylation; Gentian; T DNA; Transgene silencing

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; GENES; PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

35S PROMOTER; BISULFITE GENOMIC SEQUENCING; DNA METHYLATION; GENTIAN; T-DNA; TRANSGENE SILENCING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FLUORESCENCE; GENES; PLANTS; PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

AGROBACTERIUM; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; GENTIANA; GENTIANA SCABRA; GENTIANA TRIFLORA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RHIZOBIUM;

BACTERIAL DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; PLANT DNA; RECOMBINANT DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; T DNA; T-DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; CHEMISTRY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GENTIAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; RHIZOBIUM; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; CAULIMOVIRUS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PLANT; DNA, RECOMBINANT; GENE SILENCING; GENTIANA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 33644667537     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2005.02556.x     Document Type: Article

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