DNA methylation and expression of NPT II in transgenic petunias and progeny

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 976-981

  Ulian, E C ^a   Magill, J M ^b   Magill, C W ^b   Smith, R H ^b  

^a Centro de Tecnologia Copersucar   (Brazil)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Gene expression; Methylation; NPT II; Petunia; Transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029832890     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00224037     Document Type: Article

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