Use of the fluorescent timer DsRED-E5 as reporter to monitor dynamics of gene activity in plants

Plant Physiology

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1879-1887

  Mirabella, Rossana ^a,b   Franken, Carolien ^a   Van Der Krogt, Gerard N M ^a,c   Bisseling, Ton ^a   Geurts, René ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; FLUORESCENCE; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENE REGULATIONS; MESOPHYLL PROTOPLASTS;

PROTEINS;

CELLS; FLUORESCENCE; GENES; PLANTS; PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; VIGNA; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 4444247697     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.038539     Document Type: Article

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