Expression of green fluorescent protein and its inheritance in transgenic oat plants generated from shoot meristematic cultures

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 467-474

  Cho, M J ^a   Choi, H W ^a   Okamoto, D ^a   Zhang, S ^a   Lemaux, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Green fluorescent protein; Oat (Avena sativa); Selectable markers; Shoot meristematic cultures; Transgene expression and inheritance

Indexed keywords

GENES; PROTEINS; SEED; TISSUE;

TRANSGENIC LINES;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

AVENA; AVENA SATIVA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0037279351     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-002-0542-0     Document Type: Article

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