Efficiency of transient transformation in tobacco protoplasts is independent of plasmid amount

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 865-871

  Locatelli, F ^a   Vannini, C ^b   Magnani, E ^a,c   Coraggio, I ^a   Bracale, M ^b  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

PEG mediated DNA uptake; Protoplasts; Tobacco; Transformation efficiency; Transient expression

Indexed keywords

PLANT CELL CULTURE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROTEINS;

PLASMIDS;

TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0038717079     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-003-0593-x     Document Type: Article

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