Efficient production of transgenic citrus plants using isopentenyl transferase positive selection and removal of the marker gene by site-specific recombination

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-45

  Ballester, Alida ^a   Cervera, Magdalena ^a   Peña, Leandro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Citrange; Genetic transformation; ipt; Marker gene; Marker free transgenic plants; Sweet orange

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOMARKERS; ENZYMES; GENES; PLANT CELL CULTURE;

CITRANGE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MARKER GENES; MARKER-FREE TRANSGENIC PLANTS; SWEET ORANGE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ADENYLATE ISOPENTENYLTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINASE; TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CITRUS FRUIT; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; SWEET ORANGE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BASE SEQUENCE; CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ANTIBIOTICS; CELLS; ENZYMES; GENES; PLANTS;

ANANAS COMOSUS; CITRONCIRUS WEBBERI; CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS; CITRUS SINENSIS X PONCIRUS TRIFOLIATA; PONCIRUS TRIFOLIATA;

EID: 33845652276     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-006-0197-3     Document Type: Article

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