Biological activity of the tzs gene of nopaline agrobacterium tumefaciens GV3101 in plant regeneration and genetic transformation

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1359-1365

  Han, Zhao Fen ^a,b   Hunter, David M ^b   Sibbald, Susan ^b   Zhang, Ji Shu ^a   Tian, Lining ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL DNA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; NOPALINE; PLANT DNA; T DNA; T-DNA; ZEATIN;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARTICLE; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLASMID; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGENERATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIRULENCE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARGININE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGENERATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE; ZEATIN;

EID: 84885653609     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-04-13-0106-R     Document Type: Article

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