Expression of a conifer glutamine synthetase gene in transgenic poplar

Planta

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-26

  Gallardo, Fernando ^a,b   Fu, Jianming ^a   Cantón, Francisco R ^b   García Gutiérrez, Angel ^b   Cánovas, Francisco M ^b   Kirby, Edward G ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amino acid biosynthesis; Chlorophyll; Glutamine synthetase; Nitrogen assimilation; Populus; Transgenic trees

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; CHIMERIC GENE; CLONE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOSOL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; HYBRID; KANAMYCIN; MESSENGER RNA; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NOPALINE SYNTHETASE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

POPULUS ALBA; POPULUS TREMULA;

EID: 0033453241     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050649     Document Type: Article

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