Functional transient genetic transformation of Arabidopsis leaves by biolistic bombardment

Nature Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-77

  Ueki, Shoko ^a   Lacroix, Benoît ^a   Krichevsky, Alexander ^a   Lazarowitz, Sondra G ^b   Citovsky, Vitaly ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT VIRUS MOVEMENT PROTEIN; PLASMID DNA; POLYAMINE OXIDASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GENE GUN; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY;

AGROBACTERIUM; ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLISTICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT LEAVES; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 61449252590     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2008.217     Document Type: Article

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