Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of selected tropical inbred and hybrid maize (Zea mays L.) lines

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-23

  Ombori, Omwoyo ^a   Muoma, John Vincent Omondi ^b   Machuka, Jesse ^a  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Genetic transformation; gus expression; PCR; Southern blot hybridization; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DNA; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPICS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GUS EXPRESSION; SOUTHERN BLOT HYBRIDIZATION; ZEA MAYS;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; RHIZOBIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84875430058     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-012-0247-1     Document Type: Article

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