High throughput generation of promoter reporter (GFP) transgenic lines of low expressing genes in Arabidopsis and analysis of their expression patterns

Plant Methods

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Xiao, Yong Li ^a   Redman, Julia C ^a   Monaghan, Erin L ^a   Zhuang, Jun ^a   Underwood, Beverly A ^a   Moskal, William A ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Wu, Hank C ^a   Town, Christopher D ^a  

^a J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; ARABIDOPSIS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 77955203282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4811-6-18     Document Type: Article

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