Deviating T-DNA transfer from Agrobacterium tumefaciens to plants

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 677-681

  Van Der Graaff, Eric ^a   Den Dulk Ras, Amke ^a   Hooykaas, Paul J J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Arabidopsis thaliana; T DNA transfer; transformation

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030175120     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00042239     Document Type: Article

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