An Arabidopsis thaliana ABC transporter that confers kanamycin resistance in transgenic plants does not endow resistance to Escherichia coli

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-195

  Burris, Kellie ^a   Mentewab, Ayalew ^a,b   Ripp, Steven ^a   Stewart Jr , C Neal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC G 418; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC RESISTANCE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; R FACTOR; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; KANAMYCIN; KANAMYCIN RESISTANCE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77953561424     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2007.00010.x     Document Type: Article

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