Timentin as an alternative antibiotic for suppression of Agrobacterium tumefaciens in genetic transformation

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 646-649

  Cheng, Z M ^a   Schnurr, J A ^a,b   Kapaun, J A ^a,c  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c Progold LLc   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Antibiotic; Genetic engineering; Timentin

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CARBENICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CLAVULANIC ACID; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; PLANT REGENERATION; TICARCILLIN; TIMENTIN; VECTOR;

BACTERIA; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; TIMENTIN;

ANTIBIOTICS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; ULMUS PUMILA;

EID: 0032077283     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050458     Document Type: Article

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