Fluorescent antibiotic resistance marker for tracking plastid transformation in higher plants

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 910-915

  Khan, Muhammad Sarwar ^a   Maliga, Pal ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminoglycoside 3'' adenylyl transferase; Green fluorescent protein; Plastid transformation; Rice; Spectinomycin and streptomycin resistance; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHIMERA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HIGHER PLANT; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANGIOSPERMS; CHLOROPLASTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANTS, TOXIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; VICTORIA;

EID: 0032852381     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/12907     Document Type: Article

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