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Title: THE RIGHT CHEMISTRY FOR MARKER GENE REMOVAL?

Author
item Ow, David

Submitted to: Nature Biotechnology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 2/1/2001
Publication Date: 2/1/2001
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary: This article briefly summarizes current methods in removing controversial antibiotic resistance genes from the plant genome and discusses advantages in using an inducible system to produce the recombinase protein for deleting unwanted DNA.

Technical Abstract: This article briefly summarizes current methods in removing controversial antibiotic resistance genes from the plant genome and discusses advantages in using an inducible system to produce the recombinase protein for deleting unwanted DNA.