Transformation of peanut with a soybean vspB promoter-uidA chimeric gene. I. Optimization of a transformation system and analysis of GUS expression in primary transgenic tissues and plants

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 38-48

  Wang, Aiming ^a   Fan, Hanli ^b   Singsit, Chong ^b   Ozias Akins, Peggy ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

glucuronidase; Arachis hypogaea; Biolistic; Groundnut; GUS; Microprojectile bombardment; Peanut; Promoter; Transformation; Transgene; Vegetative storage protein

Indexed keywords

GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GUS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

EID: 0031918610     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1998.1020106.x     Document Type: Article

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