Agrobacterium biology and its application to transgenic plant production

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...

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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
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