Introduction of antifungal genes in sunflower via Agrobacterium

Electronic Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Radonic, Laura Mabel ^a   Zimmermann, Julián Marcos ^a,b   Zavallo, Diego ^a   López, Nilda ^a   López Bilbao, Marisa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b Chacra Experimental Agrícola ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antifungal genes; Double expression cassettes; Polyprotein cassettes; Sunflower; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL GENES; DOUBLE EXPRESSION CASSETTES; POLYPROTEIN CASSETTES; SUNFLOWER; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; TISSUE CULTURE; VECTORS;

GENES;

EID: 60149108173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 07173458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2225/vol11-issue5-fulltext-2     Document Type: Article

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