Expression of the bar gene confers herbicide resistance in transgenic lettuce

Transgenic Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-44

  Mohapatra, Umaballava ^a   McCabe, Matthew S ^a   Power, J Brian ^a   Schepers, Frank ^b   Van Der Arend, Aad ^b   Davey, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Bialaphos; Lactuca sativa; Phosphinothricin acetyltransferase; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BIALAPHOS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; KANAMYCIN; NEOMYCIN PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE GENE; PHOSPHINOTHRICIN; PLANT GENETICS; PLASMID DNA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS;

EID: 0033082753     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008891216134     Document Type: Article

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