Co-transformation with one Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain containing two binary plasmids as a method for producing marker-free transgenic plants

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 6-7, 1998, Pages 489-496

  Daley, M ^a   Knauf, V C ^a   Summerfelt, K R ^a   Turner, J C ^a  

^a Calgene Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassica; Co transformation; Marker free plants; Rapeseed; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; PLASMID; REGENERATION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BRASSICA NAPUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0031980470     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050430     Document Type: Article

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