Salicylic-acid-induced self-excision of the marker gene nptII from transgenic tomato using the Cre-loxP system

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 199-212

  Ma, Binggang ^a   Duan, Xiaoyu ^a   Ma, Chao ^a   Niu, Jianxin ^a   Zhang, Huping ^a   Pan, Lizhong ^a  

^a SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cre loxP recombination system; Marker free; Self excision; Solanum lycopersicum; Transgenic tomato

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 48849103949     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-008-0039-2     Document Type: Article

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