A thermostable β-glucuronidase obtained by directed evolution as a reporter gene in transgenic plants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Xiong, Ai Sheng ^a   Peng, Ri He ^b   Zhuang, Jing ^c   Chen, Jian Min ^d   Zhang, Bin ^b   Zhang, Jian ^c   Yao, Quan Hong ^b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF EDIBLE FUNGI   (China)

^c Alberta Innovates Technology Futures   (Canada)

^d YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 BROMO 4 CHLORO 3 INDOLYL BETA DEXTRO GLUCURONIC ACID; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE TR3337; GLUCURONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GUS TR3337 GENE; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN VARIANT; REPORTER GENE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD TYPE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCURONIDASE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 80655141550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026773     Document Type: Article

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