Determination of the T-DNA transfer and the T-DNA integration frequencies upon cocultivation of Arabidopsis thaliana root explants

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 658-665

  De Buck, Sylvie ^a   De Wilde, Chris ^a   Van Montagu, Marc ^a   Depicker, Ann ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium mediated transformation; Stable integration

Indexed keywords

COCULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; REGENERATION; STABLE TRANSFECTION; TRANSFER DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID; TRANSIENT TRANSFECTION;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0034111105     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2000.13.6.658     Document Type: Article

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