An efficient protocol for sugarcane (Saccharum spp. L.) transformation mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Transgenic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 213-222

  Arencibia, Ariel D ^c   Carmona, Elva R ^a   Téllez, Pilar ^a   Chan, Ming Tsair ^b   Yu, Su May ^b   Trujillo, Luis E ^a   Oramas, Pedro ^a  

^a CENTER FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Cuba)

^b ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Saccharum; Transformation

Indexed keywords

DNA TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; SACCHARUM;

EID: 0031947865     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008845114531     Document Type: Article

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