Somatic excision of the Ac transposable element in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana after 5-azacytidine treatment

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 336-343

  Scortecci, Katia Castanho ^a   Dessaux, Yves ^b   Petit, Annik ^b   Van Sluys, Marie Anne ^a  

^a IBUSP   (Brazil)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

5 Azacytidine; Ac transposable element; Arabidopsis; Nopaline synthase gene; Transgene reactivation

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031105002     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029171     Document Type: Article

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