Transgenic christmas trees regenerated from Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of zygotic embryos using the green fluorescence protein as a reporter

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 235-246

  Tang, Wei ^a   Newton, Ronald J ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Christmas tree species; Green fluorescent protein; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS; REFORESTATION;

ACETOSYRINGONE; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CHRISTMAS; CHRISTMAS TREE SPECIES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANSGENEIC PLANTS; TRANSGENICS; TREE SPECIES; VIRGINIA; ZYGOTIC EMBRYOS;

TISSUE CULTURE;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; ABIES FRASERI; ABIES NORDMANNIANA; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PINUS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 28244470070     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-005-8358-6     Document Type: Article

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