Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of Withania somnifera using nodal explants

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1969-1980

  Udayakumar, Rajangam ^a,b,c   Kasthurirengan, Sampath ^b   Mariashibu, Thankaraj Salammal ^b   Sahaya Rayan, Jesudass Joseph ^b   Ganapathi, Andy ^b   Kim, Sei Chang ^c   Kim, Jae Jin ^c   Choi, Chang Won ^c  

^a Government Arts College   (India)

^b BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c PaiChai University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Genetic transformation; Gus assay; nptII gene; Withania somnifera

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 84904761665     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-014-1572-2     Document Type: Article

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