Genetic transformation of prickly-pear cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) by Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 397-403

  Silos Espino, H ^a   Valdez Ortiz, A ^b   Rascon Cruz Q ^c   Rodriguez Salazar E ^a   Paredes Lopez O ^b  

^a Instituto Tecnologico Agropecuario de Aguascalientes   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIHUAHUA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; GUS expression; Kanamycin resistant shoots; Opuntia ficus indica; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; TISSUE CULTURE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; GUS EXPRESSION; KANAMYCIN RESISTANT SHOOTS; OPUNTIA FICUS INDICA; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BACTERIA; CACTUS; GENOTYPES; GROWTH REGULATORS; SHOOTS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA;

EID: 33748702497     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-006-9123-1     Document Type: Article

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