Increasing lysine levels in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp) seeds through genetic engineering

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 135-143

  Thu, Tran Thanh ^a   Dewaele, Eric ^a   Trung, Le Quang ^a   Claeys, Martine ^a   Jacobs, Michel ^a   Angenon, Geert ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Aspartate; Lysine ketoglutarate reductase; Nutritional improvement; Particle bombardment; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; SEED;

AGROBACTERIUM; ASPARTATE; LYSINE KETOGLUTARATE REDUCTASE; NUTRITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS; PARTICLE BOMBARDMENTS; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

AMINO ACIDS;

AGROBACTERIUM; ARABIDOPSIS; CAJANUS CAJAN; EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA SYLVESTRIS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 35148862606     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-007-9227-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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