Excision of a selectable marker gene in transgenic banana using a Cre/lox system controlled by an embryo specific promoter

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 143-152

  Chong Pérez, Borys ^a,b   Reyes, Maritza ^a   Rojas, Luis ^a   Ocaña, Bárbara ^a   Ramos, Adolfo ^a   Kosky, Rafael G ^a   Angenon, Geert ^b  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF LAS VILLAS   (Cuba)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Banana; Cre lox; Marker gene excision; REG 2; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; GLOBULIN; INTEGRASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENE; PLANT SEED; PROMOTER REGION; RICE; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VECTORS; GLOBULINS; INTEGRASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSA; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS TECHNIQUES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEEDS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM; MUSA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 84883245303     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-013-0058-8     Document Type: Article

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