A simple and effective method for protein subcellular localization using Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of onion epidermal cells

Biologia

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 529-532

  Sun, Wei ^a   Cao, Ziyi ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Zhao, Yanxiu ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a  

^a SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium mediated transformation; Intrinsically fluorescent protein localization; Onion epidermal cell

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; ALLIUM CEPA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 48049120721     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-007-0104-6     Document Type: Article

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