Self-excision of the antibiotic resistance gene nptII using a heat inducible Cre-loxP system from transgenic potato

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 71-82

  Cuellar, Wilmer ^a,b,d   Gaudin, Amélie ^a   Solórzano, Dennis ^a,b   Casas, Armando ^a,e   Ñopo, Luis ^a,f   Chudalayandi, Prakash ^a,g   Medrano, Giuliana ^a   Kreuze, Jan ^a,c   Ghislain, Marc ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL FEDERICO VILLARREAL   (Peru)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^f ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cre loxP recombination system; Gene excision; Selectable marker; Solanum tuberosum; Transgenic potato

Indexed keywords

CRE-LOXP RECOMBINATION SYSTEMS; GENE EXCISION; SELECTABLE MARKERS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUMS; TRANSGENIC POTATO;

BIOMARKERS; CROPS; GENES;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PLANT DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PLANT; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC MARKERS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

ANTIBIOTICS; FARM CROPS; GENES;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; SOLANUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 33748557514     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-006-9004-3     Document Type: Article

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