Nature of stress and transgene locus influences transgene expression stability in barley

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 15-28

  Meng, Ling ^a   Ziv, Meira ^a,b   Lemaux, Peggy G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Barley; Chromatin condensation; DNA methylation; Environmental stress; In vitro culture; Transgene silencing

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; IN VITRO CULTURE; TRANSGENE SILENCING;

CONDENSATION; DNA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; TISSUE CULTURE;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

PLANT DNA; PRIMER DNA; UBIQUITIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENT; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; MAIZE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; STRESS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PLANT; ENVIRONMENT; GENE SILENCING; HORDEUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEEDS; STRESS; UBIQUITIN; ZEA MAYS;

BARLEY; CONDENSATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 33748550713     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-006-9000-7     Document Type: Article

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