Genetic transformation of European chestnut somatic embryos with a native thaumatin-like protein (CsTL1) gene isolated from Castanea sativa seeds

Tree Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1389-1402

  Corredoira, Elena ^a   Valladares, Silvia ^a   Allona, Isabel ^b   Aragoncillo, Cipriano ^b   Vieitez, Ana M ^a   Ballester, Antonio ^a   Sederoff, Ron ^c  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones Agrobiológicas de Galicia del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

^b ETSI MontesTechnical University of Madrid   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; cisgenesis; cryopreservation; CsTL1; green fluorescent protein; ink disease; pathogenesis related proteins; qPCR

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; KANAMYCIN KINASE; THAUMATIN PROTEIN, PLANT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; FUNGAL DISEASE; IMMUNOASSAY; NUT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; TOXICITY TEST; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; COTYLEDON; CRYOPRESERVATION; FAGACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TREE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BREEDING; COTYLEDON; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYSTEINE; FAGACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOTYPE; GERMINATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; KANAMYCIN KINASE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS TECHNIQUES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TREES;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CASTANEA SATIVA; PHYTOPHTHORA;

EID: 84869150754     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tps098     Document Type: Article

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