Use of 4-methylindole or 7-methyl-DL-tryptophan in a transformant selection system based on the feedback-insensitive anthranilate synthase α-subunit of tobacco (ASA2)

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 509-517

  Barone, P ^a   Widholm, Jack M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

4 Methylindole; 7 Methyl DL tryptophan; Anthranilate synthase; Non antibiotic selection; Selectable marker; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

ANTHRANILATE SYNTHASE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEEDLING; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTHRANILATE SYNTHASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC VECTORS; INDOLES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEEDLING; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRYPTOPHAN;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 43049159255     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-007-0480-y     Document Type: Article

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