Cambial-region-specific expression of the Agrobacterium iaa genes in transgenic aspen visualized by a linked uidA reporter gene

Plant Physiology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 531-541

  Tuominen, Hannele ^a,d   Puech, Laurence ^b   Regan, Sharon ^a   Fink, Siegfried ^b   Olsson, Olof ^c   Sundberg, Björn ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CAMBIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUOROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INDOLEACETIC ACID; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; REPORTER GENE; TRANSFER DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD RELATIVE;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POPULUS TREMULA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0034126736     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.123.2.531     Document Type: Article

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