Gene stacking in transgenic plants - The challenge for 21st century plant biotechnology

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-155

  Halpin, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chloroplast transformation; Co transformation; Linked transgenes; Marker gene excision; Metabolic engineering; Multigene manipulation; Polyproteins; Pyramiding; Retransformation; Stacking

Indexed keywords

AGAVE AMERICANA;

EID: 27744464483     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2004.00113.x     Document Type: Review

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