Intron-mediated improvement of a selectable marker gene for plant transformation using Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Journal of Genetics and Breeding

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 325-334

  Wang, M B ^a   Upadhyaya, N M ^b   Brettell, R I S ^a,b   Waterhouse, P M ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enhancement; Hph; Hygromycin resistance; Intron insertion; Rice; Transgene

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CATALASE 1; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC MARKER; INTRON; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; PARASPONIA ANDERSONII;

EID: 0031397444     PISSN: 03949257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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