Transient expression of uidA constructs in in vitro onion (Allium cepa L.) cultures following particle bombardment and Agrobacterium-mediated DNA delivery

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 958-962

  Eady, Colin Charles ^a   Lister, Carolyn Elizabeth ^a   Suo, Yuying ^a   Schaper, David ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Allium cepa; particle bombardment; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 0029804971     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050157     Document Type: Article

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