Rapid and efficient production of transgenic East African Highland Banana (Musa spp.) using intercalary meristematic tissues

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1438-1445

  Tripathi, Leena ^a   Tripathi, Jaindra Nath ^a   Tushemereirwe, Wilberforce Kateera ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^b Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Banana; Genetic transformation; Intercalary meristem

Indexed keywords

KANAMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BANANA; FRUIT BREEDING; FRUIT GROWING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME; GERM LINE; GUSA GENE; MARKER GENE; MERISTEM; NONHUMAN; NPTII GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPORTER GENE; RHIZOBIUM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM; MUSA;

EID: 44649169779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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