Effective production of marker-free transgenic strawberry plants using inducible site-specific recombination and a bifunctional selectable marker gene

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 233-240

  Schaart, Jan G ^a   Krens, Frans A ^a   Pelgrom, Koen T B ^a   Mendes, Odette ^a   Rouwendal, Gerard J A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Marker free transgenic plants; Negative selection; Site specific recombination; Strawberry

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 13444302570     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2004.00067.x     Document Type: Article

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