GUS expression in blueberry (Vaccinium spp.): Factors influencing Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer efficiency

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 266-270

  Cao, X ^a,b   Liu, Q ^a,c   Rowland, L J ^a   Hammerschlag, F A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Shaanxi Fruit Crop Research Center   (China)

^c Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fruit Tree Biotechnology Breeding   (China)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; GUS expression; Highbush blueberry; Glucuronidase

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; COCULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; INTRON; PLANT GENETICS;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; RADIOBACTER; RHIZOBIUM; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM;

EID: 0032447945     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050569     Document Type: Article

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