Transformation of a muskmelon 'Galia' hybrid parental line (Cucumis melo L. var. reticulatus Ser.) with an antisense ACC oxidase gene

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 198-205

  Nuñez Palenius, Hector G ^a,b   Cantliffe, Daniel J ^a   Huber, Don J ^a   Ciardi, Joseph ^a,c   Klee, Harry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c BioRexis Pharmaceutical Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

'Galia'; Agrobacterium; Ethylene; Fruit ripening; Glyphosate; Organogenesis; Plant tissue culture

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ETHYLENE; GENES;

AGROBACTERIUM; FRUIT RIPENING; GALIA; GLYPHOSATE; ORGANOGENESIS; PLANT TISSUE CULTURE;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

1 AMINOCYCLOPROPANE 1 CARBOXYLIC ACID OXIDASE; 1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANE-1-CARBOXYLIC ACID OXIDASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; T DNA; T-DNA;

ARTICLE; CANTALOUPE; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; INHERITANCE; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PLOIDY; REGENERATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANTISENSE ELEMENTS (GENETICS); BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CUCUMIS MELO; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCURONIDASE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLOIDIES; REGENERATION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

BACTERIA; CELLS; ETHYLENE; PLANTS;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CUCUMIS MELO; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 33644818647     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-005-0042-0     Document Type: Article

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