Cre/lox:-mediated site-specific integration of Agrobacterium T-DNA in Arabidopsis thaliana by transient expression of cre

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 393-406

  Vergunst, Annette C ^a   Hooykaas, Paul J J ^a  

^a Inst of Molecular Plant Sciences   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Arabidopsis; Cre lox; Recombination; Site specific integration; T DNA

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL GENETICS; DNA VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; NEOMYCIN PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PLANT GENOME; RECOMBINASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOME, PLANT; INTEGRASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

AGROBACTERIUM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIDAE;

EID: 0032188870     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006024500008     Document Type: Article

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