Transgenic tall fescue containing the Agrobacterium tumefaciens ipt gene shows enhanced cold tolerance

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 23, Issue 10-11, 2005, Pages 705-709

  Hu, Yuanlei ^a   Jia, Weilong ^b   Wang, Jundan ^a   Zhang, Yanqin ^b   Yang, Lili ^b   Lin, Zhongping ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Festuca arundinacea, ipt gene; Freezing tolerance; Tillering; Transgenic turfgrass

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; GENES;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; TRANSGENIC TURFGRASS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ADENYLATE ISOPENTENYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFERASE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; COLD; FESCUE; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; COLD; FESTUCA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

BACTERIA; CELLS; GENES; PLANTS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; FESTUCA; POACEAE; RADIOBACTER; RHIZOBIUM; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 15244353127     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-004-0863-2     Document Type: Article

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