Plant Transformation: Problems and Strategies for Practical Application

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 48, Issue , 1997, Pages 297-326

  Birch, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gene transfer; Genetic engineering; Plant improvement; Transgene expression; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346581457     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.48.1.297     Document Type: Article

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