Optimization of electroporation conditions for expression of GUS activity in electroporated protoplasts and intact plant cells

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 959-968

  Lin, Chin Ho ^a   Xiao, Lian ^b   Hou, Bi Huei ^a   Ha, Sam Bong ^b   Saunders, James A ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrostris palustris; Gene transfer; GUS expression; Lycopersicon esculentum; Tissue electroporation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005581042     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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