Marker-free transgenic plants through genetically programmed auto-excision

Plant Physiology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1220-1231

  Verweire, Dimitri ^a   Verleyen, Kristof ^a   De Buck, Sylvie ^b   Claeys, Martine ^a   Angenon, Geert ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CELLS; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

HOMOZYGOUS PROGENY PLANTS; TRANSGENE LOCI; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 37249031910     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.107.106526     Document Type: Article

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