Tag1 is an autonomous transposable element that shows somatic excision in both Arabidopsis and tobacco

Plant Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1745-1756

  Frank, Mary J ^a   Liu, Dong ^b   Tsay, Yi Fang ^c   Ustach, Carolyn ^a   Crawford, Nigel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHL1 GENE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; PROMOTER REGION; SOMATIC EXCISION; TAG1 GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0031252070     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.9.10.1745     Document Type: Article

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