Natural agrobacterium transformants: Recent results and some theoretical considerations

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Chen, Ke ^a   Otten, Léon ^b  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium rhizogenes; Hairy roots; Natural transformation; Nicotiana tabacum; T DNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 85030851648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01600     Document Type: Review

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