T-DNA tagging in Brassica napus as an efficient tool for the isolation of new promoters for selectable marker genes

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-68

  Bade, Jacob ^a,b   Van Grinsven, Emiel ^a,c   Custers, Jerome ^a,d   Hoekstra, Sietske ^a   Ponstein, Anne ^a  

^a MOGEN International NV   (Netherlands)

^b Bfactory BV   (Netherlands)

^c SYNGENTA BIOTECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^d CRUCELL HOLLAND BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brassica transformation; Callus specific promoter; gus::nptII fusion gene; Plasmid rescue; Selectable marker gene expression; T DNA tagging

Indexed keywords

CLONING; DNA; GENES; TISSUE;

SELECTABLE MARKER GENES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BASE SEQUENCE; BRASSICA NAPUS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC VECTORS; GLUCURONIDASE; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; SOLANUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0037668891     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023980326336     Document Type: Article

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