Transfection and expression of plasmid DNA in plant cells by an arginine-rich intracellular delivery peptide without protoplast preparation

FEBS Letters

Volumn 581, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1891-1897

  Chen, Chung Pin ^a   Chou, Jyh Ching ^a   Liu, Betty Revon ^a   Chang, Microsugar ^a   Lee, Han Jung ^a  

^a NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

DNA transfection; Gene delivery; Green fluorescent protein; Intracellular trafficking; Protein transduction domain; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTOPLAST; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARGININE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC VECTORS; PEPTIDES; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; PROTOPLASTS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 34247104947     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.03.076     Document Type: Article

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