Enhanced production of single copy backbone-free transgenic plants in multiple crop species using binary vectors with a pRi replication origin in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Transgenic Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 773-786

  Ye, Xudong ^a   Williams, Edward J ^a   Shen, Junjiang ^a   Johnson, Susan ^a   Lowe, Brenda ^a   Radke, Sharon ^a   Strickland, Steve ^a   Esser, James A ^a   Petersen, Michael W ^a   Gilbertson, Larry A ^a  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium mediated transformation; Binary vector; Canola transformation; Copy number; Corn transformation; Single copy backbone free transgenic plant; Soybean transformation; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CROP; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; GENE DOSAGE; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MAIZE; PLASMID; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SOYBEAN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DNA REPLICATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC VECTORS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; REPLICATION ORIGIN; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SOYBEANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEA MAYS;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; GLYCINE MAX; RHIZOBIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79960439342     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-010-9458-6     Document Type: Article

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