Development of efficient catharanthus roseus regeneration and transformation system using agrobacterium tumefaciens and hypocotyls as explants

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>As a valuable medicinal plant, Madagascar periwinkle (<it>Catharanthus roseus</it>) produces many terpenoid indole alkaloids (TIAs), such as vindoline, ajamlicine, serpentine, catharanthine, vinblastine and vincristine et...

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Main Authors: Wang Quan, Xing Shihai, Pan Qifang, Yuan Fang, Zhao Jingya, Tian Yuesheng, Chen Yu, Wang Guofeng, Tang Kexuan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-06-01
Series:BMC Biotechnology
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6750/12/34