An update on the progress towards the development of marker-free transgenic plants

Botanical Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 277-292

  Upadhyaya, Chandrama Prakash ^a   Nookaraju, Akula ^a   Gururani, Mayank Anand ^a   Upadhyaya, Devanshi Chandel ^a   Kim, Doo Hwan ^a   Chun, Se Chul ^a   Park, Se Won ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bio safety; Intra chromosomal recombination; Marker free; Positive selection; Selection marker gene; Site specific recombination

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049487086     PISSN: 1817406X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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