Calluses initiated from thin mature embryo fragments are suitable targets for wheat transformation as assessed by long-term GUS expression studies

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-149

  Delporte, Fabienne ^a   Li, Shirun ^b   Jacquemin, Jean Marie ^a  

^a WALLOON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b QINGDAO TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

glucuronidase; Immature embryo; Monocotyledonous; Particle bombardment; Somatic embryogenesis; Transgene stable expression; Triticum aestivum L

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; CROPS; DNA; ENZYMES; GENE TRANSFER;

CALLUSES; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION METHOD; PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT TECHNOLOGY; REGENERATION CAPACITY;

TISSUE CULTURE;

BACTERIA; CELLS; EMBRYOS; ENZYMES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; TISSUE CULTURE; WHEAT;

AGROBACTERIUM; RHIZOBIUM; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 13244253931     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-004-9221-x     Document Type: Article

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