Improvement of cotton fiber quality by transforming the acsA and acsB genes into Gossypium hirsutum L. by means of vacuum infiltration

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 691-697

  Li, X ^a,b   Wang, X D ^a   Zhao, X ^a   Dutt, Y ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU DIANZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

acsa, acsb transformation; Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Cotton; Fiber qualities; Vacuum infiltration

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CELLULOSE; COTTON FIBERS; GENES; SEED; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; POLLEN GRAINS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COTTON; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE TRANSFER; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; STANDARD; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COTTON FIBER; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; GOSSYPIUM; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ACETOBACTER; AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS; GOSSYPIUM; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 2442610793     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-003-0751-1     Document Type: Article

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