In vivo formation of double-stranded T-DNA molecules by T-strand priming

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Liang, Zhuobin ^a   Tzfira, Tzvi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; DNA FRAGMENT; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PLANT DNA; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; SYNTHETIC DNA;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; TRANSFORMATION;

ARTICLE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INVERTED REPEAT; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; POLYMERIZATION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; DNA REPAIR; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84883137352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3253     Document Type: Article

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