Conditional, recombinase-mediated expression of genes in plant cell cultures

Plant Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 889-896

  Joubès, Jérôme ^a,b   De Schutter, Kristof ^a   Verkest, Aurine ^a   Inzé, Dirk ^a   De Veylder, Lieven ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b University Victor Segalen   (France)

Author keywords

Bright yellow 2 cells; Conditional gene expression; CRE loxP; Cyclin dependent kinase; GATEWAY cloning; Glucocorticoid receptor

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; GENES; MUTAGENESIS; VIRUSES;

TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSGENIC CELLS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANIMALIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 1642390203     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2004.02004.x     Document Type: Article

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