Effect of the medium used in the growth of Agrobacte-rium strain on subsequent gus expression of the infected immature zygotic embryos of the tropical maize line

摘要

The generation of stably transformed transgenic plants to assess gene function is a lengthy process. As an alternative, assessment of the transfer of transgenes into plant cells or tissues is often performed by use of transient gene expression assays. Transient gus expression systems are valuable tools for understanding the functions of genes in specific organs of plants.