Journal article
A Really Useful Pathogen, Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Abstract
Bacteria of the genus Agrobacterium are very useful and unusual plant pathogens. Through a rare inter-kingdom DNA transfer, the bacteria move some of their genes into their host's genome, thereby inducing the host cells to proliferate and produce opines, nutrients sources for the pathogen. Agrobacterium's ability to transfer DNA makes can be adapted to introduce other genes, such as those encoding useful traits, into plant genomes. The …
Authors
Yuan Z-C; Williams M
Journal
The Plant Cell, Vol. 24, No. 10,
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
December 4, 2012
DOI
10.1105/tpc.112.tt1012
ISSN
1040-4651