Stable transformation of the cotton plastid genome and maternal inheritance of transgenes

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 203-216

  Kumar, Shashi ^a   Dhingra, Amit ^a   Daniell, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroplast genetic engineering; Genetically modified crops; Transgene containment; Transgenic cotton

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOMARKERS; COTTON; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

GENE SILENCING; REGENERATION SYSTEMS; THERAPEUTIC PROTEINS; TRANSGENE EXPRESSION;

GENES;

CHLOROPLAST DNA; PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COTTON; CROSS BREEDING; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTID; REGENERATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; DNA, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; GOSSYPIUM; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASTIDS; REGENERATION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

ANTIBIOTICS; COTTON; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS; PLASTIDS; PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; VECTORS;

EID: 12444289959     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-004-2907-y     Document Type: Article

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