5′ and 3′ untranslated regions strongly enhance performance of Geminiviral replicons in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 7, Issue FEB2016, 2016, Pages

  Diamos, Andrew G ^a   Rosenthal, Sun H ^a   Mason, Hugh S ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 untranslated regions; 5 untranslated regions; Geminivirus; Monoclonal antibody; Nicotiana benthamiana; Transient expression; Virus like particle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960087511     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00200     Document Type: Article

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