Genetic transformation of barley microspores using anther bombardment

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 945-949

  Obert, Bohuš ^a,b   Middlefell Williams, Jill ^a   Millam, Steve ^c  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anther; Barley; Gene transfer; Haploid; Microspore

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTHER; BARLEY; HAPLOID; MICROSPORES;

GENE TRANSFER;

MANNITOL;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; COLD; FLOWER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PLASMID; PRESSURE; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIOLISTICS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; COLD; FLOWERS; GENES, REPORTER; HORDEUM; MANNITOL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; PRESSURE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE;

EID: 41549166982     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-007-9618-9     Document Type: Article

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