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A glucocorticoid-inducible gene expression system can cause growth defects in tobacco.
Planta - 1 Jul 2007
Amirsadeghi Sasan, McDonald Allison E, Vanlerberghe Greg C
Abstract excerpt
We find that an expression system widely used to chemically induce transgenes of interest in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum Petit Havana SR1) can cause severe growth defects in this species. This gene expression system has been shown to cause non-specific effects (including growth retardation) in other plant species, but has until now been largely accepted to be a relatively problem-free system for use in tobacco....
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