Agrobacterium mediated transformation of Tunisian Cucumis melo cv. maazoun

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 2162-2165

  Rhimi, Awatef ^a   Hernould, Michel ^b   Boussaid, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Cucumis melo; Culture medium; Genetic transformation; Kanamycin; PCR analysis

Indexed keywords

KANAMYCIN; KANAMYCIN KINASE; PLASMID VECTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANTALOUPE; CHIMERA; COTYLEDON; CULTURE MEDIUM; FRUIT; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TUNISIA;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 34848824011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB2007.000-2338     Document Type: Article

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