The DNA sequences of T-DNA junctions suggest that complex T-DNA loci are formed by a recombination process resembling T-DNA integration

Plant Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 295-304

  De Buck, Sylvie ^a   Jacobs, Anni ^a   Van Montagu, Marc ^a   Depicker, Ann ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

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Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; DELETION MUTAGENESIS; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AGROBACTERIUM;

EID: 0033231623     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.t01-1-00602.x     Document Type: Article

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