Effects of basal media, salt concentrations, antioxidant supplements and co-effects on the Agrobacterium-mediated transformation efficiency in maize

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1135-1143

  Du, Hewei ^a,b   Wu, Huixia ^c   Yan, Jianbing ^a   Li, Jiansheng ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANGTZE UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Maize (Zea mays L.); Transformation

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; COPPER SULFATE; CYSTEINE; DITHIOTHREITOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CALLUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA INTEGRATION; GENOME; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STAINING;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77949663942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb09.1276     Document Type: Article

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