Electroporation of immature maize zygotic embryos and regeneration of transgenic plants

Transgenic Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 219-221

  Ke, Xiayi ^a   Zhang, Xiuwen ^a   Shi, Heping ^a   Li, Baojian ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electroporation; Gus; Immature embryo; Maize; Nptll; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0001073908     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01969713     Document Type: Article

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