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Review of methodologies and a protocol for the Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of wheat

Huw D Jones email, Angela Doherty email and Huixia Wu email

CPI Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ, UK

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Plant Methods 2005, 1:5doi:10.1186/1746-4811-1-5

Published: 5 September 2005

Abstract

Since the first report of wheat transformation by Agrobacterium tumefaciens in 1997, various factors that influence T-DNA delivery and regeneration in tissue culture have been further investigated and modified. This paper reviews the current methodology literature describing Agrobacterium transformation of wheat and provides a complete protocol that we have developed and used to produce over one hundred transgenic lines in both spring and winter wheat varieties.


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