rol-transgenic Populus tremula: Root development, root-borne bud regeneration and in vitro propagation efficiency

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 464-471

  Tzfira, Tzvi ^a   Vinocur, Basia ^a   Altman, Arie ^a   Vainstein, Alexander ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium rhizogenes; Populus tremula; Rol Genes; Root formation; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BUD CULTURE; CLONE; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; IN VITRO CULTURE; REGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROOTING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; POPULUS TREMULA;

EID: 0031660416     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00009729     Document Type: Article

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