Overexpression of glutamine synthetases confers transgenic rice herbicide resistance

High Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-79

  Sun, Hui ^a   Huang, Qiman ^a   Su, Jin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Glutamine synthetase; Herbicide; Overexpression; Transgenic rice

Indexed keywords

CROPS; GENES; HERBICIDES; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN;

ASSIMILATION; GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; OVEREXPRESSION; RICE; TRANSGENIC RICE;

ENZYMES;

EID: 17644409051     PISSN: 10066748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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