Protocol: Transient expression system for functional genomics in the tropical tree Theobroma cacao L.

Plant Methods

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Fister, Andrew S ^a   Shi, Zi ^b   Zhang, Yufan ^c   Helliwell, Emily E ^d   Maximova, Siela N ^a,e   Guiltinan, Mark J ^a,e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84960388271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13007-016-0119-5     Document Type: Article

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