Regeneration of transgenic cassava plants (Manihot esculenta Crantz) through Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of embryogenic suspension cultures

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 827-831

  Gonzalez A E ^a   Schopke C ^a   Taylor, N J ^a   Beachy, R N ^a   Fauquet, C M ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucuronidase; Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Cassava; Embryogenic suspension cultures; Paromomycin

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; BINARY VECTOR; CALLUS CULTURE; EMBRYO; INTRON; PAROMOMYCIN; PLANT GENOME; REGENERATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE; TRANSFORMATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 0031848791     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050492     Document Type: Article

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