Floral dip: A simplified method for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 735-743

  Clough, Steven J ^a   Bent, Andrew F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZYLAMINOPURINE; CELL DENSITY; CLONING; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE TAGGING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HUMIDITY; INFILTRATION; INOCULATION; PH; REGENERATION; SILWET L 77; SUCROSE; SURFACTANT; TISSUE CULTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0032447801     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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