A high-throughput method for quantifying transgene expression in transformed plants with real-time PCR analysis

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 237-250

  Toplak, N ^a,b   Okrslar V ^a   Stanic Racman D ^a   Gruden, K ^a,c   Zel J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b doo   (Slovenia)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Northern blot analysis; Potato Solanum tuberosum cv. Igor; Potato virus Y strain NTN; Real time PCR; Transgene

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; POTATO VIRUS Y STRAIN NTN; POTYVIRUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 13244296176     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 07359640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02773134     Document Type: Review

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