Regeneration of transgenic cassava plants (Manihot esculenta crantz) from microbombarded embryogenic suspension cultures

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 731-735

  Schöpke, Christian ^a   Taylor, Nigel ^a,b   Cárcamo, Rosa ^a   Konan, N’Da Koffi ^a   Marmey, Philippe ^a   Henshaw, Graham G ^a,b   Beachy, Roger N ^a   Fauquet, Claude ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryogenic suspensions; Manihot esculenta; Microbombardment; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; NEOMYCIN; PAROMOMYCIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CASSAVA; DNA TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIOLISTICS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; MANIHOT; PAROMOMYCIN; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS;

EID: 0029977808     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0696-731     Document Type: Article

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