Gene conversion in transgenic maize plants expressing FLP/FRT and Cre/loxP site-specific recombination systems

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 345-357

  Djukanovic, Vesna ^a   Orczyk, Waclaw ^b   Gao, Huirong ^a   Sun, Xifan ^a   Garrett, Nicole ^a   Zhen, Shifu ^a   Gordon Kamm, William ^a   Barton, Joanne ^a   Lyznik, L Alexander ^a  

^a PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^b PLANT BREEDING AND ACCLIMATIZATION INSTITUTE NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

DNA recombination; Gene conversion; Maize; Transgenic plant; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE RECEPTOR; CRE RECOMBINASE; DNA POLYMERASE; INTEGRASE; PHOTOPROTEIN; RECOMBINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CROSS BREEDING; GENE CONVERSION; GENE TARGETING; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ATTACHMENT SITES, MICROBIOLOGICAL; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; GENE CONVERSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VECTORS; INTEGRASES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEEDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33645502069     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2006.00186.x     Document Type: Article

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