Genetic transformation of cork oak (Quercus suber L.) for herbicide resistance

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1477-1483

  Álvarez, Rubén ^b   Álvarez, José M ^a   Humara, Jaime M ^c   Revilla, Ángeles ^a   Ordás, Ricardo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INVITROGEN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Herbicide resistance; Quercus suber; Stability of transgenes

Indexed keywords

ACETYL TRANSFERASE; AGROBACTERIUM; BAR GENES; BIOCHEMICAL ASSAY; CORK OAK; CRYOPRESERVED; EMBRYOGENIC MASS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; HERBICIDE TOLERANCE; PHOSPHINOTHRICIN; QUERCUS; QUERCUS SPP; QUERCUS SUBER; TRANS-GENES; TRANSGENICS; UBIQUITIN;

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); WEED CONTROL;

HERBICIDES;

AGROBACTERIUM; QUERCUS; QUERCUS SUBER; RHIZOBIUM; ZEA MAYS;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; HERBICIDE; PHOSPHINOTHRICIN N ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHINOTHRICIN N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; MAIZE; METABOLISM; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; GENE DOSAGE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; HERBICIDES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; QUERCUS; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70349564260     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-009-0033-2     Document Type: Article

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