Cre-mediated seed-specific transgene excision in tobacco

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 597-605

  Kopertekh, L ^a,c   Schulze, K ^a   Frolov, A ^b   Strack, D ^b   Broer, I ^c   Schiemann, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cre lox; Marker free plants; Seed specific cre expression; Stilbene synthase gene

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

CRE RECOMBINASE; GLUCOSIDE; INTEGRASE; NAPIN; NAPIN PROTEIN, BRASSICA NAPUS; POLYDATIN; RESVERATROL; STILBENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PROMOTER REGION; RAPESEED; TOBACCO; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

2S ALBUMINS, PLANT; BRASSICA NAPUS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GERMINATION; GLUCOSIDES; INTEGRASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEEDS; STILBENES; TOBACCO; TRANSGENES;

EID: 77954513408     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-009-9595-6     Document Type: Article

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