Transgene integration patterns and expression levels in transgenic tissue lines of Picea mariana, P. glauca and P. abies

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1080-1087

  Klimaszewska, K ^a   Lachance, D ^a   Bernier Cardou, M ^a   Rutledge, R G ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; GUS activity; Gus copy number; Spruce species

Indexed keywords

GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE;

TRANSGENE INTEGRATION PATTERNS;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

CULTURE TECHNIQUES; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; PICEA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENES;

ABIES; AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 0042128622     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-003-0626-5     Document Type: Article

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