Enhancer-promoter interference and its prevention in transgenic plants

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 723-731

  Singer, Stacy D ^a,b   Cox, Kerik D ^b   Liu, Zongrang ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN FRUIT RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

35S promoter enhancer; Enhancer blocking insulator; Enhancer promoter communication; Plant biotechnology; Tissue specific transgene expression

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INSULATOR ELEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INSULATOR ELEMENTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 79954568202     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-010-0977-7     Document Type: Review

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