A selection system for transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana using potassium thiocyanate as the selective agent and AtHOL1 as the selective marker

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 341-344

  Midorikawa, Keiko ^a   Nagatoshi, Yukari ^a   Nakamura, Tatsuo ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; AtHOL1; Potassium thiocyanate; S adenosyl L methionine dependent methyltransferase activity; Selectable marker

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 68049126250     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.26.341     Document Type: Article

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