Design rules for efficient transgene expression in plants

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 925-933

  Jackson, Mark A ^a   Sternes, Peter R ^a   Mudge, Stephen R ^a   Graham, Michael W ^a   Birch, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Expression; MRNA; Reporter; Sugarcane; Transgene; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROCEDURES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA STABILITY; SUGARCANE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA STABILITY; SACCHARUM; SOFTWARE; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84906088045     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12197     Document Type: Article

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