HandyGun: An improved custom-designed, non-vacuum gene gun suitable for virus inoculation

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 320-324

  Sikorskaite, Sidona ^a   Vuorinen, Anssi L ^a   Rajamäki, Minna Liisa ^a   Nieminen, Arto ^a   Gaba, Victor ^b   Valkonen, Jari P T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biolistic inoculation; Gene gun; Gene technology; Plant virus; Potato virus A

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENE GUN; INFECTION RATE; INOCULATION; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NONHUMAN; POTYVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOBACCO; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRAL PLANT DISEASE;

BIOLISTICS; POTYVIRUS; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; POTATO VIRUS A; POTYVIRUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 77951025264     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2010.02.025     Document Type: Article

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