Cloning whole cellulose-synthesizing operon (ayacs operon) from Acetobacter xylinum and transforming it into cultivated cotton plants

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 441-445

  Lu, Ying Chun ^a   Wei, Gang ^a   Zhu, Yu Xian ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acetobacter xylinum; Cellulose synthesizing operon; Cotton transformation

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; HYGROMYCIN; PHOSPHINOTHRICIN;

BACTERIUM;

ACETOBACTER XYLINUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COTTON; CULTIVATED SPECIES; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0036328348     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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