High Frequency of T-DNA Deletions in Transgenic Plants Transformed with Intron-Containing Hairpin RNA Genes

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 158-167

  Sunitha, Sukumaran ^a   Shivaprasad, Padubidri V ^a   Sujata, Kumari ^a   Veluthambi, Karuppannan ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

hpRNA genes; MYMV AC4; MYMV CR; MYMV TrAP; T DNA truncation

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; MUNGBEAN YELLOW MOSAIC VIRUS; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 84856101562     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-011-0327-0     Document Type: Article

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