Development of a standard operating procedure (SOP) for the precise quantification of transgene expression levels in rice plants

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 650-656

  James, Victoria A ^a,b   Worland, Barbara ^a   Snape, John W ^a   Vain, Philippe ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CROPS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

TRANSGENE EXPRESSION;

PHYSIOLOGY;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 1842486801     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-9317.2004.0276.x     Document Type: Article

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