Inheritance and expression of the cry1Ab gene in Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) transgenic rice

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 727-734

  Wu, G ^a,c   Cui, H ^a   Ye, G ^a   Xia, Y ^a   Sardana, R ^b   Cheng, X ^b   Li, Y ^c   Altosaar, I ^b   Shu, Q ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) transgenic rice; Cry1Ab gene; Expression; Inheritance

Indexed keywords

CROPS; GENES; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); PROTEINS;

TRANSGENIC RICE;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; JAPONICA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036945286     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001220100689     Document Type: Article

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