Advances in selectable marker genes for plant transformation

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 165, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 1698-1716

  Sundar, Isaac Kirubakaran ^a   Sakthivel, Natarajan ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biosafety; Plant transformation; Positive selection; Selectable marker; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT GENE; REVIEW;

GENES, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKERS; PLANTS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 53249105332     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2008.08.002     Document Type: Review

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