An effective method of sonication-assisted Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of chickpeas

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-71

  Pathak, Malabika Roy ^a   Hamzah, Riyad Yousif ^a  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Chickpeas; SAAT; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CULTIVATION; DNA; GENES; SONICATION;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; GENERATION TRANSFORMANTS; HYBRIDIZATION;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CICER ARIETINUM; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 41049103426     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-008-9344-6     Document Type: Article

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