The 5′ untranslated region of the VR-ACS1 mRNA acts as a strong translational enhancer in plants

Transgenic Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 667-674

  Wever, Willem ^a   McCallum, Emily J ^a   Chakravorty, David ^a   Cazzonelli, Christopher I ^a,b   Botella, José R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Promoter; Translation efficiency; Translational enhancer; Untranslated region

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PETUNIA; VIGNA RADIATA; VIGNA RADIATA VAR. RADIATA;

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID; ESTERASE; LYASE; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PECTINACETYLESTERASE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; ENHANCER REGION; FABACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; CYCLOPROPANES; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; ESTERASES; FABACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; LYASES; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 77954540320     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-009-9332-6     Document Type: Article

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