Regeneration of Populus nigra transgenic plants expressing a Kunitz proteinase inhibitor (KTi3) gene

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-145

  Confalonieri, Massimo ^a   Allegro, Gianni ^a   Balestrazzi, Alma ^b   Fogher, Corrado ^c   Delledonne, Massimo ^c  

^a Poplar Res Inst   (Italy)

^b Dept Genet/Microbiol A B T ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Insect pest resistance; Kunitz trypsin proteinase inhibitor; Populus nigra L.; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLANT GENOME; REGENERATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; INSECT PEST RESISTANCE; INSECTS PESTS; KUNITZ TRYPSIN PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; PEST RESISTANCE; POPULUS NIGRA; POPULUS NIGRA L; PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; TRANSGENEIC PLANTS; TRANSGENICS;

GENES;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CLOSTERA; CLOSTERA ANASTOMOSIS; GLYCINE MAX; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE; NOTODONTIDAE; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; POPULUS NIGRA; RADIOBACTER; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0031981483     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009640204314     Document Type: Article

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