Transient GUS expression in zygotic embryos of Taxus brevifolia

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 81-85

  Luan, Ellen C ^a   Allen, Susan E ^a   Bolyard, Mark G ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

embryo development; genetic engineering; plant transformation; taxol (paclitaxel); tissue culture; woody plants

Indexed keywords

TAXUS BREVIFOLIA;

EID: 0029779566     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02823135     Document Type: Article

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