Efficient expression of a heterologous gene in plants depends on the nucleotide composition of mRNA’s 5'-region

Russian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 511-522

  Tyurin, A A ^a,b   Kabardaeva, K V ^a,b   Gra, O A ^a   Mustafaev, O M ^a   Sadovskaya, N S ^a   Pavlenko, O S ^a,b   Goldenkova Pavlov, I V ^a,b  

^a TIMIRYAZEV INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b RUSSIAN STATE AGRARIAN UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

gene expression; mRNA 5' region; Nicotiana tabacum; reporter gene; transcription; transgenic plants; translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977123189     PISSN: 10214437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1021443716030158     Document Type: Article

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