Transient gene expression in pine pollen tubes following particle bombardment

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 224-228

  Fernando, D D ^a   Owens, J N ^b   Misra, S ^b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

In vitro fertilization; P. griffithii; P. monticola; Particle bombardment; Pinus aristata; Pollen tubes; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; PLASMID DNA; POLLEN TUBE; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSIENT TRANSFECTION;

CONIFEROPHYTA; MONTICOLA; PINUS ARISTATA; PINUS GRIFFITHII; PINUS MONTICOLA; PINUS WALLICHIANA;

EID: 0033972659     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050003     Document Type: Article

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