Transient gene expression in plant cells mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens: Application for the analysis of virulence loci

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 782-789

  Yoshioka, Yasushi ^a   Takahashi, Yoshito ^a,c   Matsuoka, Ken ^a   Nakamura, Kenzo ^a   Koizumi, Jun ^a   Kojima, Mineo ^b   Machida, Yasunori ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANEBO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; T DNA transfer; Ti plasmid; Transient gene expression; vir genes

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NICOTIANA TABACUM; RADIOBACTER; RHIZOBIUM; VIR;

EID: 0029808780     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029013     Document Type: Article

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