A Leader Intron of a Soybean Elongation Factor 1A (eEF1A) Gene Interacts with Proximal Promoter Elements to Regulate Gene Expression in Synthetic Promoters

Ning Zhang; Leah K. McHale; John J. Finer

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0166074

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A Leader Intron of a Soybean Elongation Factor 1A (eEF1A) Gene Interacts with Proximal Promoter Elements to Regulate Gene Expression in Synthetic Promoters

Ning Zhang,

Affiliation Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
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Leah K. McHale,

Affiliation Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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John J. Finer

* E-mail: finer.1@osu.edu

Affiliation Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
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A Leader Intron of a Soybean Elongation Factor 1A (eEF1A) Gene Interacts with Proximal Promoter Elements to Regulate Gene Expression in Synthetic Promoters

Ning Zhang,
Leah K. McHale,
John J. Finer

Published: November 2, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166074

About the Authors

Ning Zhang

Affiliation Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

Leah K. McHale

Affiliation Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

John J. Finer

* E-mail: finer.1@osu.edu

Affiliation Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: NZ LM JF. Data curation: NZ LM. Formal analysis: NZ LM. Funding acquisition: JF. Investigation: NZ. Methodology: NZ LM JF. Project administration: NZ LM JF. Resources: LM JF. Software: NZ LM. Supervision: JF. Validation: NZ LM JF. Visualization: NX JF. Writing – original draft: NZ LM JF. Writing – review & editing: NZ LM JF.

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