T-DNA transfer to maize plants

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Part B Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-170

  Shen, Wen Hui ^a   Escudero, Jesús ^b   Hohn, Barbara ^b  

^a INST DE BIOL MOLEC DES PLANTES   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; T DNA transfer; Zea mays; glucuronidase (GUS)

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA TRANSFER; ENZYME ASSAY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033509151     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/MB:13:2:165     Document Type: Article

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