neomycin phosphotransferase II

neomycin phosphotransferase II
Abbreviation: npt-II
An enzyme which detoxifies the antibiotic neomycin, used as a marker gene to select for successfully transformed cells in plant transgenesis.
See: neor.

Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture . 2015.

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