pBECKS: A flexible series of binary vectors for agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Part B Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 199-213

  McCormac, Alex C ^b   Elliott, Malcom C ^b   Chen, Dong Fong ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Binary vectors; Plant transformation; Selectable visual reporters; T DNA borders

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; HYGROMYCIN B KINASE; HYGROMYCIN-B KINASE; KANAMYCIN KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; INTRON; LACTOSE OPERON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLANT; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; RHIZOBIUM; TOBACCO;

BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; GLUCURONIDASE; INTRONS; KANAMYCIN KINASE; LAC OPERON; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PLANTS, TOXIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RHIZOBIUM; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031299491     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02760773     Document Type: Article

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