Methods to produce marker-free transgenic plants

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-90

  Darbani, Behrooz ^a   Eimanifar, Amin ^b   Stewart Jr , C Neal ^c   Camargo, William N ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF IRAN ABRII   (Iran)

^b Iranian Artemia Reference Center   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosafety; Marker genes; Negative selection; Selectable markers; Site specific recombination; Transposons

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HERBICIDE; PLANT DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CATALYSIS; CHLOROPLAST; GENE DELETION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPOSON; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT;

GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKERS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 33847041939     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.200600182     Document Type: Review

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