Development of an Agrobacterium-mediated transformation method for pear (Pyrus communis L.) with leaf-section and axillary shoot-meristem explants

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-51

  Matsuda, Narumi ^a   Gao, Mei ^b   Isuzugawa, Kanji ^a   Takashina, Tadashi ^a   Nishimura, Koichi ^a  

^a Yamagata Pref Hort Exp Station   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axillary shoot meristem; Leaf section; Pyrus communis L.; Regeneration; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; PLANT CELL CULTURE;

AGROBACTERIUM-MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION; AXILLARY SHOOT MERISTEMS; KANAMYCIN; LEAF-SECTION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

KANAMYCIN;

ARTICLE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PEAR; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

GENETIC ENGINEERING; KANAMYCIN; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PYRUS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA; CELLS; EXPLANTS; LEAVES; SHOOTS; VARIETIES;

AGROBACTERIUM; PYRUS COMMUNIS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 17444416481     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-005-0924-1     Document Type: Article

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