Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated transformation of broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica) with an antisense 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid oxidase gene

Plant Science

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-62

  Henzi, M X ^a,b   Christey, M C ^a   McNeil, D L ^b   Davies, K M ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b Soil   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

1 Aminocyclopropane 1 carboxylic acid (ACC) oxidase; Agrobacterium rhizogenes; Antisense gene; Brassica oleracea; Transformation

Indexed keywords

1 AMINOCYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID; BRASSICA; ETHYLENE; KANAMYCIN KINASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

AGROBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA DETERMINATION; DOWN REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BRASSICA OLERACEA;

EID: 0033532278     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(99)00024-2     Document Type: Article

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