Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation as a tool for random mutagenesis of Colletotrichum trifolii

Journal of General Plant Pathology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 93-96

  Takahara, Hiroyuki ^a   Tsuji, Gento ^a,b   Kubo, Yasuyuki ^b   Yamamoto, Mikihiro ^a   Toyoda, Kazuhiro ^a   Inagaki, Yoshishige ^a   Ichinose, Yuki ^a   Shiraishi, Tomonori ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Anthracnose; Colletotrichum trifolii; Random insertional mutagenesis; T DNA; Transformation

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM TRIFOLII; FUNGI; MEDICAGO SATIVA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 3042739655     PISSN: 13452630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10327-003-0099-y     Document Type: Article

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