Determination of transgene repeat formation and promoter methylation in transgenic plants

BioTechniques

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1128-1137

  Kumar, Sandeep ^a   Fladug, Matthias ^a  

^a Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENOME; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0034043082     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/00286st03     Document Type: Article

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