Transactivated and chemically inducible gene expression in plants

Plant Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 651-683

  Moore, Ian ^a   Samalova, Marketa ^a   Kurup, Smita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conditional expression; Enhancer trap; Gene switch; RNAi; Transcription

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RNA;

CONDITIONAL EXPRESSION; ENHANCER TRAP; GENE SWITCH; RNAI; TRANSCRIPTION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; TRANSACTIVATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 33644871375     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02660.x     Document Type: Review

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