Genetic transformation of Eucalyptus globulus using the vascular-specific EgCCR as an alternative to the constitutive CaMV35S promoter

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 77-84

  de la Torre, Francisco ^a,c   Rodríguez, Ruth ^a   Jorge, Gago ^a,d   Villar, Beatriz ^a,e   Álvarez Otero, Rosa ^a   Grima Pettenati, Jacqueline ^b   Gallego, Pedro Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^e Northampton Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; CCR; Cinnamoyl CoA reductase; Forest tree; Lignin; SAAT; Transgenic eucalyptus; Vascular pathogens

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HISTOLOGY; LIGNIN; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PATHOGENS; TISSUE;

AGROBACTERIUM; CCR; CINNAMOYL COA REDUCTASE; FOREST TREE; SAAT; TRANSGENICS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FORESTRY; LIGNINS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PATHOGENS; PLANTS; TISSUE;

AGROBACTERIUM; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 84897095692     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-013-0422-z     Document Type: Article

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