Monitoring of possible horizontal gene transfer from transgenic potatoes to soil microorganisms in the potato fields and the emergence of variants in Phytophthora infestans

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1027-1031

  Kim, Sung Eun ^a   Moon, Jae Sun ^a   Kim, Jung Kyu ^a   Yoo, Ran Hee ^a   Choi, Won Sik ^a   Lee, Eun Na ^a   Lee, Sang Han ^b   Kim, Sung Uk ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

AFLP; Emerging variants; Horizontal gene transfer; Soil microorganisms; Transgenic NDPK2 potatoes

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE KINASE; NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE KINASE 2; SOIL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FLOW; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; PLANT GENETICS; POTATO; SOIL MICROFLORA; TRANSGENIC CROP; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; SOIL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC VARIATION; NUCLEOSIDE-DIPHOSPHATE KINASE; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOIL; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 77954984181     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.1002.02028     Document Type: Article

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