High frequency of single-copy T-DNA transformants produced by floral dip in CRE-expressing Arabidopsis plants

Plant Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 517-527

  Depicker, Anna ^a,b   De Paepe, Annelies ^a,b   De Buck, Sylvie ^a,b   Hoorelbeke, Katleen ^a,b,c   Nolf, Jonah ^e   Peck, Ingrid ^a,b,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; CRE recombinase; Floral dip transformation; Inverted T DNA repeats; Single copy T DNA; Transgene expression

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CRE RECOMBINASE; INTEGRASE; PLANT DNA; T DNA; T-DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PLANT; FLOWERS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC VECTORS; INTEGRASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

AGROBACTERIUM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 68849101496     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.03889.x     Document Type: Article

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