Factors affecting transient gene expression in cultured radiata pine cotyledons following particle bombardment

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 630-636

  Rey, Manuel ^a   González, María Victoria ^b   Ordás, Ricardo J ^d   Tavazza, Raffaela ^c   Ancora, Giorgio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b Ctro Invest Apl y Tecn A   (Spain)

^c ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conifer; GusA expression; Particle bombardment; Pinus radiata; Radiata pine; Tissue culture; Transformation; Transient gene expression

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000609026     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1996.tb00236.x     Document Type: Article

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