Artificial gene-clusters engineered into plants using a vector system based on intron- and intein-encoded endonucleases

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 537-542

  Thomson, J Michael ^a,b   Lafayette, Peter R ^a   Schmidt, Monica A ^a   Parrott, Wayne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Gene stacking; Metabolic engineering; Microprojectile bombardment; Soybean; Tobacco; Transformation

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; GLYCINE MAX; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0036873317     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/IVP2002329     Document Type: Article

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