Stable genetic transformation of white pine (Pinus strobus L.) after cocultivation of embryogenic tissues with Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 429-440

  Levee V ^a   Garin, E ^a   Klimaszewska, K ^a   Seguin A ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Scaffold attachment region; Transgenic trees

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; EMBRYO CULTURE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; PLANT BREEDING;

BACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGROBACTERIA; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CO-CULTIVATION; EMBRYOGENIC TISSUE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GLUCURONIDASE; PINUS STROBUS L; SCAFFOLD ATTACHMENT REGION; TRANSGENIC TREES; WHITE PINE;

TISSUE;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; PINUS STROBUS; RADIOBACTER; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0032869746     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009683605841     Document Type: Article

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