Matrix attachment regions and regulated transcription increase and stabilize transgene expression

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 535-543

  Abranches, Rita ^a,b   Shultz, Randall W ^a   Thompson, William F ^a   Allen, George C ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Induction; MARs; PTGS; RNAi; TGS; Transgene expression

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33644853250     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2005.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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