Gene targeting approaches using positive-negative selection and large flanking regions

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 523-530

  Thykjær, Thomas ^a   Finnemann, Jørgen ^a,b   Schauser, Leif ^a   Christensen, Liselotte ^a   Poulsen, Garsten ^a   Stougaard, Jens ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cytosine deaminase; Homologous recombination; Lotus japonicus; Negative selection; Plants

Indexed keywords

ANTIMETABOLITE; BACTERIAL DNA; CYTOSINE DEAMINASE; DEAMINASE; FLUCYTOSINE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; T DNA; T-DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; GENE TARGETING; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; LEGUME; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTIMETABOLITES; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYTOSINE DEAMINASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FABACEAE; FLUCYTOSINE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VECTORS; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOSIDE DEAMINASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS;

EID: 0031282664     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005865600319     Document Type: Article

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