Improvement of the pBI121 plant expression vector by leader replacement with a sequence combining a poly(CAA) and a CT motif

Transgenic Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 731-738

  De Amicis, Francesca ^a   Patti, Tamara ^b   Marchetti, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b Area Science Park   (Italy)

Author keywords

glucuronidase; Gene expression; Leader sequence; pBI121; Tobacco; Translational efficiency

Indexed keywords

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TOBAMOVIRUS;

EID: 35848935204     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-006-9063-x     Document Type: Article

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