Details of T-DNA structural organization from a transgenic Petunia population exhibiting co-suppression

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1197-1203

  Cluster, Paul D ^a   O'Dell, Michael ^a   Metzlaff, Michael ^a   Flavell, Richard B ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium mediated transformation; binary verector transfer; direct repeats; inverted repeats; repeat induced gene silencing; transgene inheritance

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PETUNIA;

EID: 0030480837     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00041406     Document Type: Article

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