A high throughput Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation method for functional genomics of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 651-659

  Bajaj, Shivendra ^a   Ran, Yidong ^a,c   Phillips, Jonathan ^b,d   Kularajathevan, Gunaseelan ^a   Pal, Sunil ^a   Cohen, Dan ^a   Elborough, Kieran ^b   Puthigae, Sathish ^b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b Pastoral Genomics   (New Zealand)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Functional genomics; Genetic transformation; Lolium perenne; Perennial ryegrass; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; LOLIUM PERENNE; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

BACTERIA; FUNGICIDES; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; SOILS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

HISTONE;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; LOLIUM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT GENOME; PLASMID; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; GENOMICS; HISTONES; LOLIUM; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA; FUNGICIDES; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS; SOIL;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; LOLIUM PERENNE; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 33645531789     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-005-0099-9     Document Type: Article

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