Cre/lox site-specific recombination controls the excision of a transgene from the rice genome

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 518-525

  Hoa, T T C ^a   Bong, B B ^a   Huq, E ^b   Hodges, T K ^c  

^a Cuu Long Delta Rice Research Institute   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cre lox recombination system; Oryza sativa; Rice; Site specific recombination

Indexed keywords

CROPS; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

GENES;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0036950427     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001220100748     Document Type: Article

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