Non-antibiotic, efficient selection for alfalfa genetic engineering

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1035-1044

  Rosellini, Daniele ^a   Capomaccio, Stefano ^a   Ferradini, Nicoletta ^a   Savo Sardaro, Maria Luisa ^a,b   Nicolia, Alessandro ^a   Veronesi, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gabaculine; GSA AT; HemL; Kanamycin; Medicago sativa

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOMARKERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; HERBICIDES; TOBACCO;

GABACULINE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PHENOTYPIC EFFECT;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO SATIVA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RHIZOBIUM;

CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GABACULINE; SODIUM PHOSPHATE COTRANSPORTER 2; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKERS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SELECTION (GENETICS); SODIUM-PHOSPHATE COTRANSPORTER PROTEINS, TYPE II; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 34548454161     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-007-0321-z     Document Type: Article

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