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Transformation Studies in Maize and Other Cereals

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Electroporation and Electrofusion in Cell Biology

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Electroporation and electrofusion have proven to be powerful tools for gene transfer studies in model plants (Potrykus et al., 1985). In order to apply these techniques to cereals, which are by far the most important crops for human nutrition, knowledge of tissue culture is needed. This is especially true for regeneration from protoplasts to plants.

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    Barbara Junker & Horst Lörz

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Junker, B., Lörz, H. (1989). Transformation Studies in Maize and Other Cereals. In: Neumann, E., Sowers, A.E., Jordan, C.A. (eds) Electroporation and Electrofusion in Cell Biology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2528-2_25

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