Overexpression of an Arabidopsis thaliana ABC transporter confers kanamycin resistance to transgenic plants

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1177-1180

  Mentewab, Ayalew ^a   Stewart Jr , C Neal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; GENE TRANSFER; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ATP BINDING CASSETTE (ABC) TRANSPORTER; PLANT ENGINEERING; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

BIOMARKERS;

ABC TRANSPORTER; KANAMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; KANAMYCIN; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; STREPTOMYCES;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 27144512737     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1134     Document Type: Article

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