Genetic transformation technology: Status and problems

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 102-112

  Sharma, Kiran K ^a   Bhatnagar Mathur, Pooja ^a   Thorpe, Trevor A ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Biolistics; Gene silencing; Genetic transformation; Transgenics

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; RADIOBACTER; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 18944369415     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/IVP2004618     Document Type: Review

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