Transposon-mediated generation of T-DNA- and marker-free rice plants expressing a Bt endotoxin gene

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 165-180

  Cotsaftis, Olivier ^a   Sallaud, Christophe ^a   Breitler, Jean Christophe ^a   Meynard, Donaldo ^a   Greco, Rafaella ^b   Pereira, Andy ^b   Guiderdoni, Emmanuel ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ac Ds; Bacillus thuringiensis; Insect resistance; Repositioning; Selectable marker free; Transgenic rice

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOASSAY; CLONING; DNA; PLANTS (BOTANY); SITE SELECTION;

AC/DS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; INSECT RESISTANCE; MARKER-FREE; POSITION EFFECT; REPOSITIONING; SELECTABLE MARKER FREE; SELECTABLE MARKERS; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC RICE;

GENES;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; INSECTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; ORYZA SATIVA; TRANSPOSONS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036398071     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020380305904     Document Type: Article

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