Positive selection: A plant selection principle based on xylose isomerase, an enzyme used in the food industry

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 76-81

  Haldrup, A ^a,b   Petersen, S G ^a   Okkels, F T ^a,c  

^a DANISCO A S   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c DLF Trifolium AS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Plants; Selectable marker; Streptomyces rubiginosus; Xylose isomerase

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD PROCESSING; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; KANAMYCIN; POTATO; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; XYLOSE ISOMERASE;

EID: 0032442249     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050535     Document Type: Article

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