Stable inheritance of the antisense waxy gene in transgenic rice with reduced amylose level and improved quality

Transgenic Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-82

  Liu, Qiaoquan ^a   Wang, Zongyang ^b   Chen, Xiuhua ^a   Cai, Xiuling ^b   Tang, Shuzhu ^a   Yu, Hengxiu ^a   Zhang, Jinliu ^b   Hong, Menming ^b   Gu, Minghong ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Amylose content; Antisense Waxy gene; Inheritance; Rice cooking and eating quality; Transgenic rice

Indexed keywords

AMYLOSE; ANTISENSE ELEMENTS (GENETICS); BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); STARCH SYNTHASE;

AGROBACTERIUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; JAPONICA;

EID: 0037722819     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022148824018     Document Type: Article

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