Intron-mediated enhancement as a method for increasing transgene expression levels in barley

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 856-866

  Bartlett, Joanne G ^a   Snape, John W ^a   Harwood, Wendy A ^a  

^a NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barley transformation; Hordeum vulgare; Intron mediated enhancement; Luciferase gene; Transgene

Indexed keywords

PLANT RNA;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; INTRON; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REPORTER GENE; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HORDEUM; INTRONS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RHIZOBIUM; RNA, PLANT; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

AGROBACTERIUM; ARABIDOPSIS; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; RHIZOBIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70449407871     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2009.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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