pGreen: A versatile and flexible binary Ti vector for Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 819-832

  Hellens, Roger P ^a   Anne Edwards, E ^a   Leyland, Nicola R ^a   Bean, Samantha ^a   Mullineaux, Philip M ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Binary vectors; Plant transformation; Reporter genes; Selectable marker genes; Ti vector

Indexed keywords

GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; PGREEN VECTOR; PLASMID VECTOR; REPORTER GENE; TI VECTOR;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, PLANT; GENETIC VECTORS; INTERNET; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TERMINOLOGY; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0342803566     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006496308160     Document Type: Article

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