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The emerging structure of the Agrobacterium T‐DNA transfer complex
Author(s) -
Howard Elizabeth,
Citovsky Vitaly
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
bioessays
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.175
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1521-1878
pISSN - 0265-9247
DOI - 10.1002/bies.950120302
Subject(s) - agrobacterium , dna , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , computational biology , plant cell , genetics , transformation (genetics) , gene
Single‐stranded DNA‐protein complex (T‐complex) is proposed to mediate T‐DNA transfer from Agrobacterium to plant cells. A novel model for transfer is presented which incorporates features of both bacterial conjugation and viral infection. Specific protein components of the T‐complex, its ultrastructure and possible functions in the plant cell are discussed.