Analysis of the enhancer-blocking function of the TBS element from Petunia hybrida in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana and Nicotiana tabacum

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2013-2025

  Singer, Stacy D ^a   Hily, Jean Michel ^a   Cox, Kerik D ^a  

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

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; CaMV 35S promoter enhancer; Enhancer blocking insulator; Enhancer promoter interference; Nicotiana tabacum; TBS element

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENHANCER REGION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; INSULATOR ELEMENT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PETUNIA; PLANT LEAF; PROMOTER REGION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAINING; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENETIC VECTORS; GLUCURONIDASE; INSULATOR ELEMENTS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PETUNIA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PETUNIA; PETUNIA X HYBRIDA;

EID: 80053983734     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-011-1109-8     Document Type: Article

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