Arabidopsis mesophyll protoplasts: A versatile cell system for transient gene expression analysis

Nature Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1565-1572

  Yoo, Sang Dong ^a,b   Cho, Young Hee ^a,b   Sheen, Jen ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MACROGOL; PLASMID DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOMICS; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNITY; MESOPHYLL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; PROTOPLAST; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PROTOPLASTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFECTION;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 34447099171     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.199     Document Type: Article

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