Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Brassica campestris ssp. Parachinensis with synthetic Bacillus thuringiensis cry1Ab and cry1Ac genes

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 251-256

  Xiang, Y ^a   Wong, W K R ^a   Ma, M C ^b   Wong, R S C ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium mediated transformation; B. campestris ssp.parachinensis; B.t. insecticidal protein gene; Insect resistance; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HOST RESISTANCE; KANAMYCIN; NAPHTHALENEACETIC ACID; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGENERATION; SILVER NITRATE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SYNTHETIC DNA; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BRASSICA; BRASSICA CAMPESTRIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; RADIOBACTER; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0033957301     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050007     Document Type: Article

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