Optimization of an Agrobacterium-mediated transient assay for gene expression studies in anthurium andraeanum

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 263-272

  Hosein, Fazeeda N ^a   Lennon, Adrian M ^a   Umaharan, Pathmanathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Inoculation media; Leaves; Transient gene expression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864822891     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.137.4.263     Document Type: Article

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