Transformation of apple (Malus × domestica) using mutants of apple acetolactate synthase as a selectable marker and analysis of the T-DNA integration sites

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 703-714

  Yao, Jia Long ^a   Tomes, Sumathi ^a   Gleave, Andrew P ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Genome walking; Herbicide resistant

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 84876083101     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-013-1404-7     Document Type: Article

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