Getting to the root: The role of the Agrobacterium rhizogenes rol genes in the formation of hairy roots

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 463-473

  Nilsson, Ove ^a   Olsson, Olof ^b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium rhizogenes; Hairy root disease; Plant hormone metabolism; Rol genes; Root induction

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES;

EID: 0030797116     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1000307.x     Document Type: Article

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