Improvement of a monopartite ecdysone receptor gene switch and demonstration of its utility in regulation of transgene expression in plants

FEBS Journal

Volumn 275, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2161-2176

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecdysone receptor; Gene regulation; Methoxyfenozide; Transgenic plants; Zinc finger protein

Indexed keywords

ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; LIGAND BINDING; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARABIDOPSIS; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HYDRAZINES; JUVENILE HORMONES; LIGANDS; MODELS, GENETIC; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTOPLASTS; RECEPTORS, STEROID; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TOBACCO; TRANSGENES; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 42449088949     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06370.x     Document Type: Article

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