A transformation method for obtaining marker-free plants of a cross-pollinating and vegetatively propagated crop

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 439-442

  De Vetten, Nick ^a   Wolters, Anne Marie ^b   Raemakers, Krit ^b   Van der Meer, Ingrid ^b   Ter Stege, Renaldo ^a   Heeres, Els ^c   Heeres, Paul ^c   Visser, Richard ^b  

^a AVEBE ba Research and Development   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Breeding Institute KARNA   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CROPS; DNA; GENES; HERBICIDES;

GENE ENCODING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CASSAVA; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; EXPLANT; GENOTYPE; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; POLLINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGRICULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC MARKERS; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CELLS; FARM CROPS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MANIHOT ESCULENTA; NEGIBACTERIA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 12244267044     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt801     Document Type: Article

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