Intragenic vectors for gene transfer without foreign DNA

Euphytica

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 341-353

  Conner, Anthony J ^a,b   Barrell, Philippa J ^a   Baldwin, Samantha J ^a   Lokerse, Annemarie S ^a   Cooper, Pauline A ^a   Erasmuson, Astrid K ^a   Nap, Jan Peter ^c   Jacobs, Jeanne M E ^a,b  

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

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c CENTRE FOR BIOSYSTEMS GENOMICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium mediated transformation; Cisgenics; Crop transformation; Direct DNA uptake; Intragenic vectors; Plant derived vectors

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 33847787248     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-006-9316-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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