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A 6′ gentamicin acetyltransferase gene allows effective selection of tobacco transformants using kanamycin as a substrate

✍ Scribed by Veronique Gosselé; Roel Aarssen; Marc Cornelissen

Publisher: Springer
Year: 1994
Tongue: English
Weight: 505 KB
Volume: 26
Category: Article
ISSN: 0167-4412
DOI: 10.1007/bf00019512

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✦ Synopsis

6' gentamicin acetyltransferases detoxify aminoglycoside antibiotics containing a 6' amino group. We tested whether a 6' gentamicin acetyltransferase gene (6'gat) of Shigella sp. is suitable as selectable gene in plant transformation using kanamycin (Km) as a substrate. A comparative transformation experiment