Proteinase inhibitor II gene in transgenic poplar: Chemical and biological assays

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 299-311

  Klopfenstein, Ned B ^a   Allen, Kurt K ^b,c   Avila, Francisco J ^a   Heuchelin, Scott A ^b,d   Martinez, Jimmy ^a   Carman, Richard C ^a   Hall, Richard B ^b   Hart, Elwood R ^b   Mcnabb Jr , Harold S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Genetic engineering; Neomycin phosphotransferase; Pest resistance; Plagiodera versicolora; Populus; Proteinase inhibitor

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYMES; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

AGROBACTERIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAYS; NEOMYCIN; PEST RESISTANCE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PLAGIODERA VERSICOLORA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULUS; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR LINES; TRANSGENIC POPLAR;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EID: 0030755752     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(97)00004-4     Document Type: Article

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