Agrobacterium-mediated transformation efficiency in blackgram and rice enhanced by multiple copies of pTiBo542 virB and virG

Indian Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 138-146

  Balaji, V ^a   Rajamuni, P ^a   Sridevi, G ^a   Veluthambi, K ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Blackgram; GUS expression; Rice; Transformation; virG

Indexed keywords

OCTOPINE; PLASMID VECTOR;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA ISOLATION; GENE; HOST RANGE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLASMID; PRODUCTIVITY; PTIBO542 VIRB GENE; PTIBO542 VIRG GENE; REPLICON; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; RICE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ORYZA SATIVA; PUSA; VIGNA; VIGNA MUNGO; VIR;

EID: 0042433481     PISSN: 09725849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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