The use of amoxicillin and ticarcillin in combination with a β-lactamase inhibitor as decontaminating agents in the Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of Artemisia annua L.

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-95

  Vergauwe, Annemieke ^a   Van Geldre, Els ^a   Inzé, Dirk ^a   Van Montagu, Marc ^a   Van den Eeckhout, Elfride ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Artemisia annua; clavulanic acid; decontamination; penicillin derivatives; transformation

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; BACTERIA; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DECONTAMINATION; DNA; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE;

AMOXICILLIN; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; CALLUS; CLAVULANIC ACID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTIONS; TICARCILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTICS;

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ARTEMISIA ANNUA EXTRACT; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CLAVULANIC ACID; TICARCILLIN; TIMENTIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DRUG MANUFACTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ASTERACEAE;

EID: 0030579524     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1656(96)01631-8     Document Type: Article

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