Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of the temperate grass Brachypodium distachyon (genotype Bd21) for T-DNA insertional mutagenesis

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 236-245

  Vain, Philippe ^a   Worland, Barbara ^a   Thole, Vera ^a   McKenzie, Neil ^a   Alves, Silvia C ^a   Opanowicz, Magdalena ^a   Fish, Lesley J ^a   Bevan, Michael W ^a   Snape, John W ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachypodium distachyon Bd21; Flanking sequence tag (FST); Functional genomics; Green fluorescent protein (GFP); T DNA tagging; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; BRACHYPODIUM DISTACHYON; POACEAE; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 40349093032     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2007.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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