Gene stability in transgenic aspen-populus - III. T-DNA repeats influence transgene expression differentially among different transgenic lines

Plant Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 329-338

  Fladung, M ^a   Kumar, S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Instability; Methylation; Reversion; Silencing; Transgene insertion

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; POPULUS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0036081443     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-32329     Document Type: Article

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