Recombinant aryl hydrocarbon receptors for bioassay of aryl hydrocarbon receptor ligands in transgenic tobacco plants

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-128

  Kodama, Susumu ^a,b   Okada, Kumiko ^a   Akimoto, Keiko ^a   Inui, Hideyuki ^a   Ohkawa, Hideo ^a,c  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AhR ligands; Aryl hydrocarbon receptors; Bioassay; Inducible gene expression; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLCHOLANTHRENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA NAPHTHOFLAVONE; DIOXIN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; LEXA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; LIGAND; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; INDIGO; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-NAPHTHOFLAVONE; DIOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; INDOLES; LIGANDS; METHYLCHOLANTHRENE; MICE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 58149392479     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2008.00378.x     Document Type: Article

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