Open AccessThe Agrobacterium-Plant Cell Interaction. Taking Biology Lessons from a Bug
Author(s) -
Tzvi Tzfira,
Vitaly Citovsky
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
plant physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.554
H-Index - 312
eISSN - 1532-2548
pISSN - 0032-0889
DOI - 10.1104/pp.103.032821
Subject(s) - agrobacterium , biology , plant cell , botany , computational biology , genetics , transformation (genetics) , gene
Agrobacterium elicits neoplastic growths (called crown gall tumors) that affect most dicotyledonous plants. Moreover, although plants represent the natural hosts for Agrobacterium, this microorganism can also genetically transform a wide range of other eukaryotic species, from yeast ([Bundock et al
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