Transgenic white clover. Studies with the auxin-responsive promoter, GH3, in root gravitropism and lateral root development

Transgenic Research

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 325-335

  Larkin, P J ^a   Gibson, J M ^a   Mathesius, U ^b   Weinman, J J ^b   Gartner, E ^b   Hall, E ^b   Tanner, G J ^a   Rolfe, B G ^b   Djordjevic, M A ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

forage legume; GUS promoter fusion; transformation; Trifolium repens; tropic response

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; GLYCINE MAX; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0029911087     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01968942     Document Type: Article

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