The glutamate dehydrogenase gene gdhA increased the resistance of tobacco to glufosinate

Weed Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 335-339

  Nolte, S A ^a   Young, B G ^a   Mungur, R ^b   Lightfoot, D A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

gdhA; Glufosinate resistance; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Glutamine synthetase; Nicotiniana tabacum; Plant transformation; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERBICIDE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WEED CONTROL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 4043179074     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2004.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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