Regeneration and characterization of transgenic kumquat plants containing the Arabidopsis APETALA1 gene

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 273-281

  Duan, Yan Xin ^a   Fan, Jing ^a   Guo, Wen Wu ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Flowering genes; Genetic transformation; Kumquat; Short juvenility

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; ARABIDOPSIS; CITRUS CANKER; EXPRESSION LEVELS; FLOWERING-TIME; GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HIGH RESISTANCE; HUMAN HEALTH; REAL TIME RT-PCR; SEEDLING AGE; SOUTHERN BLOT ANALYSIS; TRANSFORMATION EFFICIENCY; TRANSFORMATION SYSTEMS; TRANSGENIC LINES; TRANSGENIC PLANTS; TRANSGENICS;

GENE EXPRESSION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION;

AGROBACTERIUM; ARABIDOPSIS; CITRUS; FORTUNELLA; FORTUNELLA CRASSIFOLIA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 76149102895     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-009-9646-3     Document Type: Article

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