A Rapid and Simple Method of Assaying Plants Transformed with Hygromycin or PPT Resistance Genes

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 209-215

  Wang, Ming Bo ^a   Waterhouse, Peter M ^a,b  

^a Coop Res Centre for Plant Science ^*  (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cereals; Leaf assay; Selectable marker; Transformation

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0031526664     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007446721394     Document Type: Review

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