Introduction and constitutive expression of a rice chitinase gone in broad wheat using biolistic bombardment and the bar gone as a selectable marker

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1296-1306

  Chen, W P ^a   Gu, X ^b   Liang, G H ^b   Muthukrishnan, S ^b   Chen, P D ^a   Liu, D J ^a   Gill, B S ^b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bar gene; Chitinase gene; Microprojectile bombardment; Transformation; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; CHITINASE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE TRANSFER; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 0032438124     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001220051022     Document Type: Article

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