BA Cre::FLP fusion protein recombines FRT or loxP sites in transgenic maize plants

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 770-781

  Djukanovic, Vesna ^a   Lenderts, Brian ^a   Bidney, Dennis ^a   Lyznik, L Alexander ^a  

^a PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cre; DNA recombination; FLP; Maize; Site specific recombination; Transgenic plant; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

CRE RECOMBINASE; DNA POLYMERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; INTEGRASE; PLANT DNA; RECOMBINASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CROSS BREEDING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; MAIZE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT SEED; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA, PLANT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC VECTORS; INTEGRASES; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEEDS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 50849136149     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2008.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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