Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of tea leaf explants: Effects of counteracting bactericidity of leaf polyphenols without loss of bacterial virulence

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-176

  Sandal, Indra ^a   Saini, Uksha ^a   Lacroix, Benoît ^b   Bhattacharya, Amita ^a,b   Ahuja, Paramvir Singh ^a   Citovsky, Vitaly ^b  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Bactericidal polyphenols; Genetic transformation; L Glutamine; Leaf explants; Tea

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERICIDAL POLYPHENOLS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; LEAF EXPLANTS;

BACTERIA; CULTIVATION; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FLAVONOID; GLUTAMINE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOLS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT LEAF; RHIZOBIUM; TEA; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; FLAVONOIDS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMINE; PHENOLS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RHIZOBIUM; TEA; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA; CAMELLIA; CULTIVATION; GENES;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIUM; VIR;

EID: 33846645382     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-006-0211-9     Document Type: Article

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