Generation of transgenic banana (musa acuminata) plants via agrobacterium-mediated transformation

Bio/Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 486-492

  May, Gregory D ^a   Afza, Rownak ^b   Mason, Hugh S ^a   Wiecko, Alicja ^a   Novak, Frarrtisek J ^b   Arntzen, Charles J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSA ACUMINATA; AGROBACTERIUM; MUSA; MUSA X PARADISIACA;

KANAMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA INTEGRATION; ENZYME ASSAY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; RHIZOBIUM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 0029022626     PISSN: 0733222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0595-486     Document Type: Article

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