A transient assay to evaluate the expression of polyhydroxybutyrate genes regulated by oil palm mesocarp-specific promoter

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1451-1459

  Omidvar, V ^a   Siti Nor Akmar, A ^a   Marziah, M ^a   Maheran, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Microprojectile bombardment; Polyhydroxybutyrate; Tissue specific promoter; Transgenic plant; Transient expression assay

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; PLANT RNA;

ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLANT GENE; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARECACEAE; BIOLISTICS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PLANT; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ELAEIS;

EID: 49349088684     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-008-0565-2     Document Type: Article

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