Plastid transformation in higher plants

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2004, Pages 289-313

  Maliga, Pal ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene containment; Gene knockouts; Plastid genetics; Plastid markers; Protein expression

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

GENE DELETION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLASTID; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW;

DNA, PLANT; GENE DELETION; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, PLANT; PLANTS; PLASTIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 1542368230     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.55.031903.141633     Document Type: Review

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