Activation tagging is a T-DNA-based approach in. which a series of strong enhancers are positioned next to. the right- or left-hand T-DNA border. Insertion of the. vector near a gene causes up-regulation and dominant. gain-of-function mutations. Several attributes of activation. tagging make it an attractive tool for functional genomics. studies and leading to development of large collections. predominantly in Arabidopsis (Ichikawa et al.
Sep 25, 2015. 3. Mercedes-Benz is the latest German automaker to be accused of cheating on diesel emissions tests. Lobby group Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) has said that it has tests showing vehicles made by German automakers, including those from Daimler and Mercedes-Benz, significantly exceeded limits on nitrogen oxide emissions.
2014 Smart ForTwo Electric Drive. The very small Smart cars have apparently lost a very large amount of money for Mercedes-Benz. A new report from London's Bernstein Research names the Smart the biggest European money-loser of all time, according to the Detroit News.