Agrobacterium rhizogenes rolB and rolD genes: Regulation and involvement in plant development

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-101

  Altamura, Maria Maddalena ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agrobacteria; Oncogenes; Organogenesis in vitro and in planta; Plant transcription factors; rol genes

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DNA; GENES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

PLANT DEVELOPMENT;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 1542579499     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TICU.0000016609.22655.33     Document Type: Review

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