Transformation of Medicago truncatula via infiltration of seedlings or flowering plants with Agrobacterium

Plant Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 531-541

  Trieu, Anthony T ^a,c   Burleigh, Stephen H ^a,d   Kardailsky, Igor V ^a,b,e   Maldonado Mendoza, Ignacio E ^a   Versaw, Wayne K ^a   Blaylock, Laura A ^a   Shin, Heungsop ^a   Chiou, Tzyy Jen ^a   Katagi, Hiroaki ^a   Dewbre, Gary R ^a   Weigel, Detlef ^b   Harrison, Maria J ^a  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c Dow AgroSciences   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e PLANT GENE EXPRESSION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CELL; FLOWERING; GENE TAGGING; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; INFILTRATION; INSERTIONAL MUTAGENESIS; PLANT MODEL; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE; TRANSFER DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID; TRANSGENE;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PLANT; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM; ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA;

EID: 0033919939     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2000.00757.x     Document Type: Article

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