A chemical-inducible Cre-LoxP system allows for elimination of selection marker genes in transgenic apricot

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 337-346

  Petri, César ^a   López Noguera, Sonia ^a   Wang, Hong ^a,b   García Almodóvar, Carlos ^a   Alburquerque, Nuria ^a   Burgos, Lorenzo ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Fruit trees; Genetic engineering; Marker free; Prunus armeniaca; Site specific recombination

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS-MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION; AVERAGE FREQUENCY; CRE-LOXP; DNA RECOMBINATION; FRUIT TREES; GFP EXPRESSION; GFP REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LEAF EXPLANTS; MARKER GENES; MARKER-FREE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NODAL EXPLANTS; PRUNUS ARMENIACA; PUBLIC CONCERN; REGENERANTS; REGULATORY ISSUES; SELECTION MARKER; SITE-SPECIFIC RECOMBINATION; TRANSGENIC LINES; TRANSGENIC PLANTS; TRANSGENICS;

FORESTRY; GENE ENCODING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORCHARDS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

CLONES; FORESTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORCHARDS; PLANTS; PRUNUS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; PRUNUS ARMENIACA;

EID: 84865482192     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-012-0155-4     Document Type: Article

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