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Floral dip: a simplified method forAgrobacterium-mediated transformation ofArabidopsis thaliana

  1. Steven J. Clough,
  2. Andrew F. Bent

Article first published online: 9 OCT 2008

DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.1998.00343.x

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The Plant Journal

The Plant Journal

Volume 16, Issue 6, pages 735–743, December 1998

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Clough, S. J. and Bent, A. F. (1998), Floral dip: a simplified method forAgrobacterium-mediated transformation ofArabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Journal, 16: 735–743. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.1998.00343.x

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  1. Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1201 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801, USA

**For correspondence (fax +217 333 4777; e-mail a-bent@uiuc.edu).

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  1. Issue published online: 9 OCT 2008
  2. Article first published online: 9 OCT 2008
  3. Received 26 June 1998; revised 15 October 1998; accepted 26 October 1998.

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