A secondary effect of transformation in Rhizobium leguminosarum transgenic for Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies tenebrionis δ-endotoxin (cryIIIA) genes

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1062-1068

  Giddings, G ^a   Mytton, L ^a   Griffiths, M ^a   McCarthy, A ^a   Morgan, C ^a   Skot L ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nodule occupancy; Rhizobium; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

EID: 0030688896     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001220050663     Document Type: Article

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