Transformation of alfalfa chloroplasts and expression of green fluorescent protein in a forage crop

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2487-2494

  Wei, Zhengyi ^a   Liu, Yanzhi ^a   Lin, Chunjing ^a   Wang, Yunpeng ^a   Cai, Qin'an ^a   Dong, Yingshan ^a   Xing, Shaochen ^a  

^a JILIN ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Chloroplast transformation; Green fluorescent protein; Medicago sativa L

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; CHLOROPLAST GENOME; CHLOROPLAST TRANSFORMATION; FORAGE CROPS; FORAGE PLANTS; FOREIGN GENES; GENETIC IMPROVEMENTS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LEAF EXPLANTS; MARKET VALUES; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA L; MULTIPLE SPECIES; PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; PLANTLETS; SOMATIC EMBRYO; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSFORMATION EFFICIENCY;

CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION;

PROTEINS;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CHLOROPLASTS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 81155131102     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-011-0709-2     Document Type: Article

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