Construction of a new vector conferring methotrexate resistance in Nicotiana tabacum plants

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1079-1084

  Irdani, Tiziana ^a   Bogani, Patrizia ^b   Mengoni, Alessio ^b   Mastromei, Giorgio ^b   Buiatti, Marcello ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Dihydrofolate reductase; Dominant selectable marker; Nicotiana tabacum

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DRUG RESISTANCE; METHOTREXATE; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION; REGENERATION; RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VECTOR;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VECTORS; METHOTREXATE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SELECTION (GENETICS); TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032146402     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006082815434     Document Type: Article

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