Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of plants: Basic principles and influencing factors

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 5142-5148

  Alimohammadi, Mohammad ^a   Bagherieh Najjar, Mohammad B ^a  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium transformation; T DNA integration; Transformation efficiency

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBENICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; RECQ HELICASE; RECQL4A PROTEIN; SURFACTANT; TIMENTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; VIP1 PROTEIN; VIP2 PROTEIN; VIRB PROTEIN; VIRB2 PROTEIN; VIRD2 PROTEIN; VIRE2 PROTEIN; VIRF PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; COCULTURE; DESICCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXPLANT; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GENOME; PLANT OSMOTIC POTENTIAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

AGROBACTERIUM;

EID: 73349104094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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