Nif gene transfer and expression in chloroplasts: Prospects and problems

Plant and Soil

Volumn 194, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 193-203

  Dixon, Ray ^a   Cheng, Qi ^a   Shen, Gui Fang ^b   Day, Anil ^c   Dowson Day, Mandy ^d  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Genetic engineering; Nif genes; Nitrogenase; Plant transformation; Plastid

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CYANOBACTERIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0030694763     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-7113-7_19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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