FLP-mediated site-specific recombination for genome modification in turfgrass

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 1793-1804

  Hu, Qian ^a,b   Nelson, Kimberly ^b   Luo, Hong ^a,b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HybriGene Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Agrostis stolonifera L.; Cell suspension culture; FLP FRT Site specific DNA recombination; Microprojectile bombardment; Perennials; Poa pratensis; Transgene containment; Turfgrass

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA L.; CELL SUSPENSION CULTURE; MICROPROJECTILE BOMBARDMENT; POA PRATENSIS; TRANSGENE CONTAINMENT;

CELL CULTURE; DNA; ENZYMES; GENES;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; DNA;

AGROSTIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLASMID; POACEAE; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROSTIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOME, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; MODELS, GENETIC; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; POACEAE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSGENES;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA; POA; POA PRATENSIS; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33749599763     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-006-9162-z     Document Type: Article

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