Factors influencing Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of switchgrass cultivars

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 445-453

  Song, Guo qing ^a   Walworth, Aaron ^a   Hancock, James F ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy crop; Biofuel plant; Seedling segments; Selectable marker gene; Switchgrass transformation; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM MEDIATED TRANSFORMATIONS; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS-MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION; GENE DELIVERY; GLUCURONIDASE; GLUFOSINATE; HYGROMYCIN; KANAMYCINS; LBA4404; NEOMYCIN PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; NORMAL GROWTH; OPTIMIZED TRANSFORMATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PLANT REGENERATION; REGENERATION MEDIUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION PCR; SEEDLING SEGMENTS; SELECTABLE MARKER GENES; SOUTHERN BLOT ANALYSIS; SWITCHGRASS; SWITCHGRASS TRANSFORMATION; TRANS-GENES; TRANSFORMANTS; TRANSGENIC PLANTS; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION; TUMEFACIENS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOFUELS; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; HERBICIDES; OPTIMIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION; WEED CONTROL;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; PANICUM VIRGATUM; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 84856518345     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-011-0056-y     Document Type: Article

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