Antisense RNA inhibition of polygalacturonase gene expression in transgenic tomatoes

CJS Smith, CF Watson, J Ray, CR Bird, PC Morris… - Nature, 1988 - nature.com
Regulation of expression of specific genes by antisense RNA is a naturally occurring
mechanism in bacteria 1,2 , although gene regulation by this mechanism has not yet been …

Neurologic complications of cerebral angiography.

…, JA Hodak, RA Flom, CR Bird… - American Journal …, 1994 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
PURPOSE To examine the incidence of neurologic complications associated with modern
cerebral angiography and to assess patient characteristics associated with an increased risk …

Carotenoid biosynthesis during tomato fruit development (evidence for tissue-specific gene expression)

PD Fraser, MR Truesdale, CR Bird, W Schuch… - Plant …, 1994 - academic.oup.com
Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cv Ailsa Craig) fruit, at five stages of development,
have been analyzed for their carotenoid and chlorophyll (Chl) contents, in vitro activities of …

Cerebral MR venography: normal anatomy and potential diagnostic pitfalls

RH Ayanzen, CR Bird, PJ Keller… - American Journal …, 2000 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: MR venography is often used to examine the intracranial
venous system, particularly in the evaluation of dural sinus thrombosis. The purpose of this …

Inheritance and effect on ripening of antisense polygalacturonase genes in transgenic tomatoes

CJS Smith, CF Watson, PC Morris, CR Bird… - Plant molecular …, 1990 - Springer
The role of the cell wall hydrolase polygalacturonase (PG) during fruit ripening was investigated
using novel mutant tomato lines in which expression of the PG gene has been down …

Gliomas: classification with MR imaging.

BL Dean, BP Drayer, CR Bird, RA Flom, JA Hodak… - Radiology, 1990 - pubs.rsna.org
The findings at magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in a group of 36 pathologically verified
supratentorial gliomas were analyzed and compared with the biopsy diagnoses (a) to …

Expression of a truncated tomato polygalacturonase gene inhibits expression of the endogenous gene in transgenic plants

CJS Smith, CF Watson, CR Bird, J Ray… - Molecular and General …, 1990 - Springer
Tomato plants were transformed with a chimaeric polygalacturonase (PG) gene, designed
to produce a truncated PG transcript constitutively. In these plants expression of the …

The tomato polygalacturonase gene and ripening-specific expression in transgenic plants

CR Bird, CJS Smith, JA Ray, P Moureau… - Plant molecular …, 1988 - Springer
Polygalacturonase (PG) is the major cell wall degrading enzyme of tomato fruit. It is
developmentally regulated and is synthesised de novo in ripening fruit. Genomic clones encoding a …

PROPELLER MRI: clinical testing of a novel technique for quantification and compensation of head motion

KPN Forbes, JG Pipe, CR Bird… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
… A P-CR image was derived using data that had been corrected for in-plane rotation and
translation (5). Central k-space data from the first blade was chosen as the stationary data set …

Using antisense RNA to study gene function: inhibition of carotenoid biosynthesis in transgenic tomatoes

CR Bird, JA Ray, JD Fletcher, JM Boniwell, AS Bird… - Bio/technology, 1991 - nature.com
Transgenic tomato plants expressing antisense RNA to a ripening related gene (pTOM5)
have yellow ripening fruit and pale colored flowers. The yellow fruit color is correlated with a …