Particle bombardment and the genetic enhancement of crops: Myths and realities

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 305-327

  Altpeter, Fredy ^a   Baisakh, Niranjan ^b   Beachy, Roger ^c   Bock, Ralph ^d,e   Capell, Teresa ^f   Christou, Paul ^f   Daniell, Henry ^g   Datta, Karabi ^b   Datta, Swapan ^b   Dix, Philip J ^h   Fauquet, Claude ^j   Huang, Ning ^j   Kohli, Ajay ^k   Mooibroek, Hans ^l   Nicholson, Liz ^m   Nguyen, Thi Thanh ⁿ   Nugent, Gregory ⁿ   Raemakers, Krit ^l   Romano, Andrea ^o   Somers, David A ^p   Stoger, Eva ^q   Taylor, Nigel ⁱ   Visser, Richard ^l   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^c Donald Danforth Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^h NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

ⁱ Intl Lab for Trop Agric Biotech   (United States)

^j Ventria Bioscience   (United States)

^k NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^l WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^m JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^o MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^q RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

Crops; Genetic engineering; Particle bombardment; Transformation; Transgene expression; Transgene structure; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DNA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METADATA; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

DNA TRANSFER; MYTH AND REALITY; PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; PLANTS CELLS; TRANSFORMATION; TRANSFORMATION METHODS; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENE EXPRESSION; TRANSGENE STRUCTURE; TRANSGENEIC PLANTS;

CROPS;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 23944451650     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-004-8001-y     Document Type: Review

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