Transfer of T-DNA from Agrobacterium to the plant cell

Plant Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 1041-1047

  Zupan, John R ^a   Zambryski, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029278697     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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