T-DNA and Transposon Tagging in Aspen

Plant Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-11

  Fladung, M ^a   Deutsch, F ^a   Honicka H ^a   Kumar, S ^a,b  

^a Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products   (Germany)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ac transposon; Activation tagging; Forest tree; Mutant; T DNA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CYTOKININ BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CYTOKININ-BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; T DNA; T-DNA;

GENETICS;

ASPEN; GENE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOIDY; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPOSON;

BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, PLANT; HAPLOIDY; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULUS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RHIZOBIUM; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; POPULUS; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSPOSONS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 1442315580     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-44745     Document Type: Review

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