Transient transformation of sunflower leaf discs via an agrobacterium-mediated method: Applications for gene expression and silencing studies

Nature Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1699-1707

  Manavella, Pablo A ^a,b   Chan, Raquel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; RHIZOBIUM; SUNFLOWER; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HELIANTHUS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 75449105149     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2009.178     Document Type: Article

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