Effective selection system for generating marker-free transgenic plants independent of sexual crossing

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 941-947

  Sugita, K ^a   Matsunaga, E ^a   Ebinuma, H ^a  

^a NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokinin; ipt gene; Marker free; Site specific ecombination

Indexed keywords

ASSAY; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; MAIZE; MORPHOLOGY; NEOMYCIN PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; ROOTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT; ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES ROUXII;

EID: 0032792386     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050688     Document Type: Article

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