Gene stacking by recombinases

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 471-482

  Srivastava, Vibha ^a   Thomson, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cre lox; FLP FRT; Gene stacking; Genome engineering; Multigene transformation; Site specific recombination

Indexed keywords

GENETIC MARKER; RECOMBINASE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROCEDURES;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKERS; RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84940916658     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12459     Document Type: Article

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