Protocol: Genetic transformation of the fern ceratopteris richardii through microparticle bombardment

Plant Methods

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Plackett, Andrew R G ^a   Rabbinowitsch, Ester H ^a   Langdale, Jane A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ceratopteris; Fern; Microparticle; Protocol; Transformation; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

CERATOPTERIS; CERATOPTERIS RICHARDII; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 85027938774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13007-015-0080-8     Document Type: Article

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