Long-term stability of marker gene expression in Prunus subhirtella: A model fruit tree species

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 310-321

  Maghuly, Fatemeh ^a   Machado, Artur da Câmara ^b   Leopold, Stephan ^a   Khan, Mahmood Ali ^a   Katinger, Hermann ^a   Laimer, Margit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

GUS; Long term evaluation; nptII; Step by step procedure; Transgenic woody plant; uidA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMARKERS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; TISSUE;

GUS; LONG-TERM EVALUATION; STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURE; TRANSGENIC WOODY PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUOROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GREENHOUSE; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GRAFTING; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PRUNUS; PRUNUS SUBHIRTELLA; REPORTER GENE; RHIZOBIUM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES; STONE FRUIT; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PLANT; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC MARKERS; MODELS, GENETIC; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PRUNUS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES; TREES;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PRUNUS; PRUNUS SUBHIRTELLA;

EID: 33846266594     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2006.06.016     Document Type: Article

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