Expression of the arabidopsis thaliana histone gene AtHTA1 enhances rice transformation efficiency

Molecular Plant

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 832-837

  Zheng, Ye ^a   He, Xiao Wei ^a   Ying, Ying Hui ^a   Lu, Jiang Feng ^a   Gelvin, Stanton B ^b   Shou, Hui Xia ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Arabidopsis; Histone H2A; Rice; Transformation

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; RHIZOBIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 68449100993     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssp038     Document Type: Article

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