Expression of a chimeric nitrate reductase gene in transgenic lettuce reduces nitrate in leaves

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 889-896

  Curtis, I S ^a   Power, J B ^a   De Laat, A M M ^b   Caboche, M ^c   Davey, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Biotechnology   (Netherlands)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium mediated gene transfer; Kanamycin resistance; Lettuce; Nitrate reductase

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC GENE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CULTIVAR; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA FRAGMENT; ENZYME ASSAY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; KANAMYCIN; LETTUCE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; ROOTING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS;

EID: 0032809202     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050680     Document Type: Article

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