Field trial detects incomplete barstar attenuation of vegetative cytotoxicity in Populus trees containing a poplar LEAFY promoter::barnase sterility transgene

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-85

  Wei, Hao ^a,e   Meilan, Richard ^b   Brunner, Amy M ^c   Skinner, Jeffrey S ^d   Ma, Caiping ^a   Gandhi, Harish T ^a   Strauss, Steven H ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Barnase; Barstar; Biosafety; Biotechnology; Containment; Forestry; Gene flow; Genetic engineering; Genetic modification; LEAFY; Sterility; Trees

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BARNASE; BARSTAR; BIOSAFETY; CONTAINMENT; GENE FLOWS; GENETIC MODIFICATIONS; LEAFY; STERILITY; TRANSGENICS; TREE;

GENES;

POPULUS; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 33845919060     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-006-9045-y     Document Type: Article

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