Transformation of plants with multiple cassettes generates simple transgene integration patterns and high expression levels

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 247-260

  Agrawal, Pawan K ^a   Kohli, Ajay ^b   Twyman, Richard M ^c   Christou, Paul ^d  

^a CENTRAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cassette transformation; Gene expression; Multigene transgenics; Pathway engineering; Plant transformation; Transgenic loci

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CASSETTE TRANSFORMATION; GENES EXPRESSION; MULTIGENE TRANSGENIC; MULTIGENES; PATHWAY ENGINEERINGS; PLANT TRANSFORMATION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC LOCUS; TRANSGENICS;

GENE TRANSFER;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 28244455254     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-005-0239-5     Document Type: Article

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