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Either/or selection markers for plant transformation

The use of D-amino acid oxidase as a marker gene allows positive or negative selection of plants that have incorporated transgenic DNA.

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Figure 1: The potential of the D-amino acid oxidase (DAAO)-based selection system.

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Scheid, O. Either/or selection markers for plant transformation. Nat Biotechnol 22, 398–399 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0404-398

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