Multiple pulses improve electroporation efficiency in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Electronic Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Mahmood, Tariq ^a   Zar, Tamkina ^a   Saqlan Naqvi, S M ^b  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Electroporation; Pulse number; Transformation efficiency

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; CELL MEMBRANES; DNA; MACROMOLECULES; POROUS MATERIALS;

AGROBACTERIUM; ELECTROPORATION; PULSE NUMBER; TRANSFORMATION EFFICIENCY;

BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ELECTROPORATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 38349090871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 07173458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2225/vol11-issue1-fulltext-1     Document Type: Article

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