Transformation and regeneration of transgenic aspen plants via shoot formation from stem explants

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 554-561

  Tzfira, Tzvi ^a   Jensen, Christian Sig ^b   Vainstein, Alexander ^a   Altman, Arie ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; aspen; direct regeneration; Populus tremula; transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030896536     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.990406.x     Document Type: Article

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