Cytosine deaminase as a negative selectable marker for the microalgal chloroplast: A strategy for the isolation of nuclear mutations that affect chloroplast gene expression

Plant Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 915-925

  Young, Rosanna E B ^a   Purton, Saul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 fluorocytosine; 5 fluorouracil; Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; chloroplast; cytosine deaminase; microalgae; post transcriptional regulation; technical advance

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRANSCRIPTION; ALGAE; GENES;

5-FLUOROCYTOSINE; 5-FLUOROURACIL; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLAST; CYTOSINE DEAMINASE; MICRO-ALGAE; POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATIONS; TECHNICAL ADVANCES;

ALGAE; GENE EXPRESSION;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CODA PROTEIN, E COLI; CYTOSINE DEAMINASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FLUCYTOSINE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLAST GENE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGION; RADIATION RESPONSE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BIOMARKERS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CYTOSINE DEAMINASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLUCYTOSINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, CHLOROPLAST; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84926138177     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12675     Document Type: Article

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