Towards the ideal GMP: Homologous recombination and marker gene excision

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 160, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 743-754

  Puchta, Holger ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chimeric oligonucleotides; Gene targeting; Site specific recombination transformation; Transposon

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

TRANSPOSONS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EID: 0041696585     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0176-1617-01027     Document Type: Article

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