Green fluorescent protein as a vital marker for non-destructive detection of transformation events in transgenic plants

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 303-318

  Hraška, Marek ^a   Rakouský, Slavomír ^a   Čurn, Vladislav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Green fluorescent protein; Particle bombardment; Plant transformation; Selection

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; PLANT TRANSFORMATION; SELECTION;

HISTOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

FLUORESCENCE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 36949024554     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-006-9131-1     Document Type: Review

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