Improvement of ecdysone receptor gene switch for applications in plants: Locusta migratoria retinoid X receptor (LmRXR) mutagenesis and optimization of translation start site

FEBS Journal

Volumn 277, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 4640-4650

  Singh, Ajay K ^a,b   Tavva, Venkata S ^a,b   Collins, Glenn B ^b   Palli, Subba R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecdysone receptor; Gene switch; Genetically modified crops; Methoxyfenozide; Retinoid X receptor

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; LUCIFERASE; RETINOID X RECEPTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYBRID; LOCUST; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; RECEPTOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SCREENING; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENES, REPORTER; GENES, SWITCH; HUMANS; HYDRAZINES; INSECT PROTEINS; JUVENILE HORMONES; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECEPTORS, STEROID; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RETINOID X RECEPTORS; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; HOMO SAPIENS; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 78049284830     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07871.x     Document Type: Article

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