Use of the GFP reporter as a vital marker for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.)

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Part B Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 109-117

  Zhang, C L ^a   Chen, D F ^a   McCormac, A C ^a   Scott, N W ^a   Elliott, M C ^a   Slater, A ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GFP; Selectable marker free transgenic plants; Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.); Transformation; Visual screening

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HERBICIDE; SERINE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHENOPODIACEAE; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS;

EID: 0035013757     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/MB:17:2:109     Document Type: Article

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