Plastid marker gene excision by the phiC31 phage site-specific recombinase

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 137-143

  Kittiwongwattana, Chokchai ^a   Lutz, Kerry ^a   Clark, Mark ^a   Maliga, Pal ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nicotiana tabacum; phiC31 phage recombinase; Plastid marker excision; Plastid transformation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOMARKERS; GENES; HERBICIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY); TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; PHAGE RECOMBINASE; PLASTID MARKER EXCISION; PLASTID TRANSFORMATION;

ENZYMES;

BACTERIOPHAGE RECEPTOR; RECOMBINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLASTID; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ATTACHMENT SITES, MICROBIOLOGICAL; BACTERIOPHAGES; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKERS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASTIDS; RECOMBINASES; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ENZYMES; GENES; HERBICIDES; MARKERS; PLANTS; PLASTIDS; TOBACCO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 34247204915     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-007-9140-4     Document Type: Article

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