Effects of antibiotics on the elimination of Agrobacterium tumefaciens from loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) zygotic embryo explants and on transgenic plant regeneration

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-81

  Tang, Wei ^a   Luo, Hongsong ^b   Newton, Ronald J ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

glucuronidase gene; Agrobacterium tumefaciens; antibiotic; genetic transformation

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CAULIFLOWER; ZYGOTIC EMBROYS;

ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; OPTIMIZATION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIBIOTICS; ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; OPTIMIZATION; PLANTS;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; PINUS TAEDA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 9644287872     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-004-4657-6     Document Type: Article

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