The 5'UTR-intron of the Gladiolus polyubiquitin promoter GUBQ1 enhances translation efficiency in Gladiolus and Arabidopsis

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kamo, Kathryn ^a   Kim, Ah Young ^b   Park, Se H ^b   Joung, Young H ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; DICOTYLEDONEAE; GLADIOLUS; LILIOPSIDA;

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; POLYUBIQUITIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IRIDACEAE; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPORTER GENE; UPREGULATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCURONIDASE; IRIDACEAE; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYUBIQUITIN; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84861805351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-12-79     Document Type: Article

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