A library of synthetic transcription activator-like effector-activated promoters for coordinated orthogonal gene expression in plants

Plant Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 707-716

  Brückner, Kathleen ^a   Schäfer, Petra ^a   Weber, Ernst ^b,c   Grützner, Ramona ^a   Marillonnet, Sylvestre ^a   Tissier, Alain ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b Icon Genetics GmbH   (Germany)

^c Bayer HealthCare Protein Engineering and Assays   (Germany)

Author keywords

metabolic engineering; Nicotiana benthamiana; orthogonality; plants; synthetic biology; synthetic promoters; technical advance; terpenoid; transcription activator like effectors; transient assays

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITES; LIPIDS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION;

NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; ORTHOGONALITY; PLANTS; SYNTHETIC PROMOTERS; TECHNICAL ADVANCES; TERPENOIDS; TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATORS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TOBACCO;

EID: 84929270448     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12843     Document Type: Article

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