Abstract
Twenty-six years ago it was found that the common soil bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens is capable of extraordinary feats of interkingdom genetic transfer. Since this discovery, A. tumefaciens has served as a model system for the study of type IV bacterial secretory systems, horizontal gene transfer and bacterial-plant signal exchange. It has also been modified for controlled genetic transformation of plants, a core technology of plant molecular biology. These areas have often overshadowed its role as a serious, widespread phytopathogen - the primary driver of the first 80 years of Agrobacteriurn research. Now, the diverse areas of A. tumefaciens research are again converging because new discoveries in transformation biology and the use of A. tumefaciens vectors are allowing the development of novel, effective biotechnology-based strategies for the control of crown gall disease.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 380-386 |
| Journal | Trends in Plant Science |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 8 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2003 |
Bibliographical note
The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015.The record was previously connected to the following departments: Department of Cell and Organism Biology (Closed 2011.) (011002100), Biology building (Closed 2011) (011008000)
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Biological Sciences