RYS1, a foldback transposon, is activated by tissue culture and shows preferential insertion points into the rye genome

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 431-436

  Alves, E ^a   Ballesteros, I ^a   Linacero, R ^a   Vazquez A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; MODIFICATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE CULTURE;

FOLDBACK (FB) TRANSPOSON; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC POSITIONS; VITRO-ACTIVATED ELEMENT;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; RYE; TRANSPOSON;

CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; SECALE CEREALE;

SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 23944452612     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-005-2013-9     Document Type: Article

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