Differences in susceptibility of arabidopsis ecotypes to crown gall disease may result from a deficiency in T-DNA integration

Plant Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 317-333

  Nam, Jaesung ^a   Matthysse, Ann G ^b   Gelvin, Stanton B ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0031105076     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.9.3.317     Document Type: Article

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