The maize Knotted1 gene is an effective positive selectable marker gene for Agrobacterium-mediated tobacco transformation

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 403-409

  Luo, Keming ^a,d   Zheng, Xuelian ^a,d   Chen, Yongqin ^b,d   Xiao, Yuehua ^a   Zhao, Degang ^c   McAvoy, Richard ^d   Pei, Yan ^a   Li, Yi ^d  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

ipt gene; kn1 gene; Selectable marker; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMARKERS; PLANT CELL CULTURE;

IPT GENE; KN1 GENE; SELECTABLE MARKER; TRANSFORMATION;

GENES;

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; KANAMYCIN; KN1 PROTEIN, PLANT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION; RHIZOBIUM; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CAULIMOVIRUS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VECTORS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; KANAMYCIN; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RHIZOBIUM; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS;

CELLS; GENES; PLANTS;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RHIZOBIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33645990017     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-005-0051-z     Document Type: Article

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