A transformation vector for the production of marker-free transgenic plants containing a single copy transgene at high frequency

Plant Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 461-469

  Sugita, Koichi ^a   Kasahara, Takehide ^a   Matsunaga, Etsuko ^a   Ebinuma, Hiroyasu ^a  

^a NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE FUSION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GLUCURONIDASE GENE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; ISOPENTENYL TRANSFERASE; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ZEA MAYS; ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES ROUXII;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VECTORS; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES; ZEA MAYS;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS; ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES ROUXII;

EID: 0034048440     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2000.00745.x     Document Type: Article

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