Non-antibiotic selection systems for soybean somatic embryos: the lysine analog aminoethyl-cysteine as a selection agent

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In soybean somatic embryo transformation, the standard selection agent currently used is hygromycin. It may be preferable to avoid use of antibiotic resistance genes in foods. The objective of these experiments was to develop a selec...

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Main Authors: Kwanyuen Prachuab, Polisetty Raghuveer, McConnell Matt, Mamadou Lewamy, Rao Suryadevara S, Hildebrand David
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-11-01
Series:BMC Biotechnology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6750/9/94