Activity of the 5′ regulatory regions of the rice polyubiquitin rubi3 gene in transgenic rice plants as analyzed by both GUS and GFP reporter genes

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1587-1600

  Lu, Jianli ^a   Sivamani, Elumalai ^a   Li, Xianggan ^b   Qu, Rongda ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYNGENTA BIOTECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

GFP; GUS; Intron; Rice rubi3 promoter; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

ORYZA SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

BACTERIAL DNA; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; POLYUBIQUITIN; T DNA; T-DNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INTRON; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REPORTER GENE; RICE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE PAIRING; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCURONIDASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTRONS; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; POLYUBIQUITIN; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 51749118695     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-008-0577-y     Document Type: Article

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