The efficiency of Arabidopsis thaliana floral dip transformation is determined not only by the Agrobacterium strain used but also by the physiology and the ecotype of the dipped plant

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 823-832

  Ghedira, Rim ^a   De Buck, Sylvie ^a   Nolf, Jonah ^a   Depicker, Ann ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; T DNA; T-DNA;

AGROBACTERIUM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOTYPE; FLOWER; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM; ARABIDOPSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOTYPE; FLOWERS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84878636274     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-11-12-0267-R     Document Type: Article

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