Transformation of Acinetobacter sp. BD413 with DNA from commercially available genetically modified potato and papaya

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 215-221

  Iwaki, M ^a   Arakawa, Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Genetically modified plant; GMO (genetically modified organisms)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACINETOBACTER SP; ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE; GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS; GENOMIC DNA; KANAMYCIN RESISTANT; KANAMYCINS; RESISTANCE GENES; TRANSFORMANTS;

DNA;

DNA; GENOMIC DNA; KANAMYCIN;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; DNA; GENES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; DNA; FRUIT; GENE TRANSFER; POTATO; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSFORMATION;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PAPAYA; PLANT GENETICS; POTATO; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; WILD TYPE;

ACINETOBACTER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARICA PAPAYA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 33745921244     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.01924.x     Document Type: Article

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