Development of a tightly regulated and highly inducible ecdysone receptor gene switch for plants through the use of retinoid X receptor chimeras

Transgenic Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 599-612

  Tavva, Venkata S ^a,b   Dinkins, Randy D ^a,c   Palli, Subba R ^b   Collins, Glenn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecdysone receptor; Methoxyfenozide; Retinoid X receptor; RXR chimera; Transgenic plants; Two hybrid gene switch

Indexed keywords

DNA; ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; HYDRAZINE DERIVATIVE; JUVENILE HORMONE; LIGAND; METHOXYFENOZIDE; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; STEROID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROTOPLAST; TOBACCO; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ARABIDOPSIS; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; HYDRAZINES; JUVENILE HORMONES; LIGANDS; MODELS, GENETIC; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTOPLASTS; RECEPTORS, STEROID; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RETINOID X RECEPTORS; TOBACCO; TRANSGENES; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

ANIMALIA; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; GLYCINE MAX; HEXAPODA; HOMO SAPIENS; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34548404330     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-006-9054-y     Document Type: Article

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