Variations in the maize Ac transposase transcript level and the Ds excision frequency in transgenic wheat callus lines

Genome

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1234-1241

  Takumi, Shigeo ^a   Murai, Koji ^b   Mori, Naoki ^a   Nakamura, Chiharu ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ac transposase transcript level; Ds excision; Transgenic callus; Transposon; Wheat

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CALLUS CULTURE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MAIZE; MESSENGER RNA; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLASMID DNA; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT; TRANSPOSASE;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033507214     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g99-077     Document Type: Article

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