Combination of the ALCR/alcA ethanol switch and GAL4/VP16-UAS enhancer trap system enables spatial and temporal control of transgene expression in Arabidopsis

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 477-482

  Jia, Hongge ^a   Van Loock, Bram ^a   Liao, Mingjun ^a   Verbelen, Jean Pierre ^a   Vissenberg, Kris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

glucuronidase (GUS); alc switch; Arabidopsis; Enhancer trap; GAL4 VP16; Green fluorescent protein (GFP)

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TRANSGENE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; TRANSGENES;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 34249799012     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2007.00255.x     Document Type: Article

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