Fujian Journal of Agricultural Sciences ›› 2008, Vol. ›› Issue (2): 211-217.

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Application of Cre/loxp site-specific recombination technology on transgenic plants

QIU Shu-ping1,2, CHEN Zai-jie1, WANG Feng1   

  1. 1. Fujian Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering for Agriculture, Fujian Academy of Agricul-tural Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350003, China;
    2. College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350007, China
  • Received:2008-03-25 Revised:2008-05-28 Online:2008-04-15 Published:2008-04-15

Abstract: Site-specific recombination technology has been developed and widely applied for plant genetic manipulations.It can successfully delete marker genes from a transgenic plant or site-specifically integrate a gene to a pre-determined genomic location in a precise,single-copy pattern.This article reviews the Cre/loxp site-specific recombination technique and its applications for marker gene deletion and precise gene integration.

Key words: site-specific recombination, Cre/loxp, transgenic plant, gene deletion, site-specific integration

CLC Number: 

  • Q943.2