Elimination of selection markers from transgenic plants.
Selection markers, which were necessary for the isolation of transgenic plants, are no longer required in mature plants, especially when they are grown in fields. Regimes to achieve their efficient elimination, mostly through site-specific recombination or transposition, are being developed.
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Friedrich Miescher Institute, Maulbeerstrasse 66, 4058 Basel, Switzerland. barbara.hohn@fmi.ch
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D002875:Chromosomes; D004247:DNA / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004254:DNA Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D005819:Genetic Markers / Q000235:genetics; D019426:Integrases; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified / Q000235:genetics*; D012313:RNA / Q000008:administration & dosage; D045522:Recombinases; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D019895:Transposases / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
D005819:Genetic Markers; D045522:Recombinases; D012313:RNA; D004247:DNA; D004254:DNA Nucleotidyltransferases; D019426:Integrases; D019895:Transposases; C115006:integron integrase IntI1