Agrobacterium biology and its application to transgenic plant production

• Main Author: Erh Min Lai (auth)
• Other Authors: Stanton B Gelvin (auth), Hau Hsuan Hwang (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Microbiology (non-medical); Agrobacterium; crown gall; Quorum Sensing; plant defense; T DNA; Virulence; Biofilm; Attachment; genetic transformation; Membrane lipid
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The broad host range pathogenic bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens has been widely studied as a model system to understand horizontal gene flow, secretion of effector proteins into host cells, and plant-pathogen interactions. Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation also is the major method for...