High frequency transformation and regeneration of transgenic plants in the model legume Lotus japonicus

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 48, Issue 312, 1997, Pages 1357-1365

  Stiller, Jiri ^a   Martirani, Luca ^b   Tuppale, Sunil ^a   Chian, Ru Ju ^a   Chiurazzi, Maurizio ^b   Gresshoff, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Luciferase; Nodulation; Rhizobium; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS; LOTUS JAPONICUS; MESORHIZOBIUM LOTI; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0030753438     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/48.7.1357     Document Type: Article

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