Pollen Ablation of Transgenic Tobacco Plants by Expression of the Diphtheria Toxin A-Chain Gene under the Control of a Putative Pectin Esterase Promoter from Chinese Cabbage

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 310-317

  Kim, Hyun Uk ^b   Park, Beom Seok ^b   Park, Young Doo ^a   Jin, Yong Moon ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chinese Cabbage (Brassica campestris L. ssp. pekinensis); Diphtheria Toxin A Chain (DTx A); Kanamycin Resistance (Kmr); Male Sterile Plant; Pollen Specific Gene

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLESTERASE; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN FRAGMENT A; PECTINESTERASE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRASSICA; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FERTILITY; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT; POLLEN; PROMOTER REGION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BRASSICA; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; FERTILITY; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; POLLEN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

EID: 0032580865     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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