Site-Specific Recombination for Precise and "Clean" Transgene Integration in Plant Genome

Plant Transformation Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 197-209

  Srivastava, Vibha ^a   Ow, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Asymmetry of core region orientation on recombination site; Co integration and cassette exchange strategies; Cre lox (Control of recombination locus of cross(x)over) system from E. coli bacteriophage P1; Directing plant transgene integration by homologous recombination; Gene expression from site specific integration; Generating target (founder) lines; High lysine maize line with marker gene removed, glimpse of next generation of transgenic products; Site specific gene integration strategies; Site specific recombination (SSR) systems from phages or plasmids of bacteria or yeasts; Site specific recombination, for precise and "Clean" transgene integration in plant genome

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886155914     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470958988.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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