Caspase-resistant VirD2 protein provides enhanced gene delivery and expression in plants

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1215-1219

  Reavy, Brian ^a   Bagirova, Svetlana ^a   Chichkova, Nina V ^b   Fedoseeva, Svetlana V ^b   Kim, Sang Hyon ^a   Vartapetian, Andrey B ^b   Taliansky, Michael E ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Caspase like protein; VirD2 protein

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CASPASE LIKE PROTEIN; VIRD2 PROTEIN;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CASPASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CASPASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANTS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 34547203023     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-007-0335-6     Document Type: Article

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