Studies of development of efficient genetic transformation system and factors that affect transformation of the commercial apple cultivars

Acta Genetica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 163-165

  Zhang, Zhi Hong ^a   Fang, Hong Jun ^b   Jing, Shi Xi ^a   Wang, Guan Lin ^b   Wu, Lu Pin ^a   Zhu, Zhen ^c  

^a SHENYANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LIAONING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Chinese Acadamy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Gene expression; Malus X domestica; Transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544355237     PISSN: 03794172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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