High efficiency transformation of maize (Zea Mays L.) mediated by agrobacterium tumefaciens

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 745-750

  Ishida, Yuji ^a   Saito, Hideaki ^a   Ohta, Shozo ^a   Hiei, Yukoh ^a   Komari, Toshihiko ^a   Kumashiro, Takashi ^a  

^a JAPAN TOBACCO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HYBRID; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEEDS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0029948576     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0696-745     Document Type: Article

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