A developmentally regulated cre-lox system to generate marker-free transgenic brassica napus plants

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 847, Issue , 2012, Pages 335-350

  Kopertekh, Lilya ^a   Broer, Inge ^a   Schiemann, Joachim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Developmentally regulated site specific recombination; Marker gene removal

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; INTEGRASE;

ARTICLE; GENE TRANSFER; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; RAPESEED; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BRASSICA NAPUS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VECTORS; INTEGRASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 84858412278     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-558-9_27     Document Type: Article

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