Analysis of splice donor and acceptor function in a novel Ac-based gene trap construct

Planta

Volumn 219, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 876-883

  Bergmann, Christian ^a   Lütticke, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ac based gene trap; Branchpoint; Hordeum vulgare L.; Splice site selection; T tract; Triple acceptor site

Indexed keywords

CROPS; RNA; TISSUE;

GENE TRAPPING EFFICIENCY; GENE-TRAP APPROACH; INTRON SEQUENCE ELEMENTS;

GENES;

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BARLEY; GENETICS; INTRON; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GLUCURONIDASE; HORDEUM; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER;

FARM CROPS; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANT TISSUES; SPLICING;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 4644251285     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-004-1286-6     Document Type: Article

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