Swapped green algal promoters: AphVIII-based gene constructs with Chlamydomonas flanking sequences work as dominant selectable markers in Volvox and vice versa

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 582-591

  Hallmann, A ^a   Wodniok, S ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genetic transformation; Green algae; Paromomycin resistance; Recombinant DNA technology; Transgenic expression; Volvocales

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMARKERS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GREEN ALGAE; PAROMOMYCIN RESISTANCE; TRANSGENIC EXPRESSION; VOLVOCALES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

KANAMYCIN KINASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROMOTER REGION; VOLVOX;

3' FLANKING REGION; 5' FLANKING REGION; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC MARKERS; KANAMYCIN KINASE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VOLVOX;

FLAKING; GENES; MARKERS; PLANTS;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONADALES; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLOROPHYTA; VOLVOX;

EID: 33646889984     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-006-0121-x     Document Type: Article

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