Directed microspore-specific recombination of transgenic alleles to prevent pollen-mediated transmission of transgenes

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 445-452

  Mlynárová, Ludmila ^a,b   Conner, Anthony J ^c,d   Nap, Jan Peter ^a,e,f  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology   (Slovakia)

^c THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^d LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^e HANZE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^f CENTRE FOR BIOSYSTEMS GENOMICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biosafety; Cre lox recombination; Gene flow; Marker free transgenic plants; Molecular farming; Pollen

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; INTEGRASE;

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PLASMID; POLLEN; PROMOTER REGION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALLELES; ARABIDOPSIS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKERS; INTEGRASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; POLLEN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TOBACCO; TRANSGENES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33745057064     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2006.00194.x     Document Type: Article

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