Biolistic-mediated genetic transformation of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) and stable Mendelian inheritance of transgenes

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1475-1483

  Ivo, Nayche L ^a   Nascimento, Cristina P ^a   Vieira, Lívia S ^a   Campos, Francisco A P ^b   Aragão, Francisco J L ^a  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Gene transfer; Imazapyr; Transgene; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 49349099639     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-008-0573-2     Document Type: Article

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