Agrobacterium tumefaciens gene transfer to Casuarina glauca, a tropical nitrogen-fixing tree

Plant Science

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-69

  Le, Q V ^a   Bogusz, D ^a   Gherbi, H ^a   Lappartient, A ^a   Duhoux, E ^a,b   Franche, C ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Casuarina glauca; Genetic transformation; Transgenic callus; Glucuronidase

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARTICLE; GENE TRANSFER; HYBRIDIZATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT SEED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENE; TREE;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CASUARINA GLAUCA;

EID: 0030596551     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-9452(96)04386-5     Document Type: Article

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