Cre/lox-mediated marker gene excision in transgenic maize (Zea mays L.) plants

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1157-1168

  Zhang, W ^a   Subbarao, S ^a   Addae, P ^a   Shen, A ^a   Armstrong, C ^a   Peschke, V ^a   Gilbertson, L ^a  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOMARKERS; GENES; TISSUE CULTURE;

AUTOEXCISION; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC MARKERS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTEGRASES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS; ZEA MAYS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0242541057     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-003-1368-z     Document Type: Article

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