High-efficiency Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Norway spruce (Picea abies) and loblolly pine (Pinus taeda)

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 407-416

  Wenck, Allan Richard ^a,c   Quinn, Michelle ^a   Whetten, Ross W ^a,c   Pullman, Gerald ^b   Sederoff, Ronald ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conifer; DNA transformation; Embryogenic suspensions; Loblolly pine; Norway spruce

Indexed keywords

GENE TRANSFER;

NASA DISCIPLINE PLANT BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ACETOPHENONES; BASE SEQUENCE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PINUS TAEDA; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033083392     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006126609534     Document Type: Article

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