The effect of selective agents and a plant intron on transformation efficiency and expression of heterologous genes in pear Pyrus communis L.

Russian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 650-655

  Lebedev, V G ^a   Dolgov, S V ^a  

^a SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

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