Stable transformation of T1 and T2 transgenic alfalfa with antisense-lectin constructs

Symbiosis

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-32

  Brill, Laurence M ^a,b   Hirsch, Ann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Antisense constructs; Lectins; Seedling development

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTISENSE GENE; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HERITABILITY; KANAMYCIN; LECTIN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SEED PRODUCTION; SELFING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STABLE TRANSFECTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM;

EID: 0032880839     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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