Strategies for precise quantification of transgene expression levels over several generations in rice

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 401, 2004, Pages 1307-1313

  James, Victoria A ^a,b   Worland, Barbara ^a   Snape, John W ^a   Vain, Philippe ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Generational study; Matrix attachment regions (MARs); Oryza sativa L.; Reproducibility; Spurious variation; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; COLD EFFECTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH KINETICS; ION BOMBARDMENT;

REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES (SOP);

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMOZYGOTE; PHENOTYPE; RICE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HOMOZYGOTE; ORYZA SATIVA; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TRANSGENES;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 2942620252     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erh133     Document Type: Article

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