The late developmental pattern of Mu transposon excision is conferred by a cauliflower mosaic virus 35S-driven MURA cDNA in transgenic maize

Plant Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-21

  Raizada, Manish N ^a   Walbot, Virginia ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; INTRON; MAIZE; PHAGE VECTOR; PLANT GENETICS; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033980999     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3871026     Document Type: Article

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