Plastid marker-gene excision by transiently expressed CRE recombinase

Plant Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 447-456

  Lutz, Kerry A ^a   Bosacchi, Massimo H ^a   Maliga, Pal ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CRE loxP site specific recombination; Marker gene excision; Plastid transformation; Tobacco; Transient gene expression

Indexed keywords

GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); TOBACCO;

CRE-LOXP SITE-SPECIFIC RECOMBINATION; MARKER-GENE EXCISION; PLASTID TRANSFORMATION;

ENZYMES;

BACTERIAL DNA; CRE RECOMBINASE; INTEGRASE; PLANT DNA; PLANT RNA; T DNA; T-DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLASTID; RHIZOBIUM; RNA EDITING; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PLANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VECTORS; INTEGRASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASTIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RHIZOBIUM; RNA EDITING; RNA, PLANT; TOBACCO; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ENZYMES; GENES; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33644868554     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2005.02608.x     Document Type: Article

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