Cre/lox-mediated marker gene excision in elite Indica rice plants transformed with genes conferring resistance to lepidopteran insects

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1416-1423

  Chen, Song Biao ^a   Liu, Xiang ^a   Peng, Hai Ying ^b   Gong, Wang Kui ^a   Wang, Rui ^a   Wang, Feng ^b   Zhu, Zhen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Cre lox; Cry Ac; Gene excision; Insect resistance; Marker free; Sck; Transgenic rice

Indexed keywords

GENE TRANSFER; PEST RESISTANCE; RICE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MIMOSA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 17844365578     PISSN: 16726650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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