Transgene expression and stability in brassica

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 459, Issue , 1998, Pages 167-171

  Dale, Philip ^a   Al Kaff, Nadia ^a   Bavage, Adrian ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosafety assessment; Brassica napus; Gene silencing; Oilseed rape; Transformation; Transgene expression

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442454692     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1998.459.18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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