Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Amaranthus hypochondriacus: Light, and tissue-specific expression of a pea chlorophyll a/b-binding protein promoter

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 847-852

  Jofre Garfias, A E ^a   Villegas Sepulveda N ^a   Cabrera Ponce, J L ^a   Adame Alvarez, R M ^a   Herrera Estrella, L ^a   Simpson, J ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Glucuronidase; Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Amaranthus hypochondriacus; Genetic transformation; Light regulation; NPT II

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; AMARANTHUS HYPOCHONDRIACUS;

EID: 1842301051     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050332     Document Type: Article

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