Transgenic rice as a system to study the stability of transgene expression: Multiple heterologous transgenes show similar behaviour in diverse genetic backgrounds

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 388-399

  Gahakwa, D ^a   Maqbool, S B ^a   Fu, X ^a   Sudhakar, D ^a   Christou, P ^a   Kohli, A ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic background; Insect resistance; Transgene expression; Transgenic rice

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC STABILITY; INHERITANCE; PLANT BREEDING; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 0033840866     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001220051495     Document Type: Article

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