Plant transformation: A pilus in Agrobacterium T-DNA transfer

被引:16
作者
Baron, C
Zambryski, PC
机构
[1] Dept. of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California at Berkeley, 111 Koshland Hall, Berkeley
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1016/S0960-9822(02)70773-2
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Agrobacterium tumefaciens transfers a protein-DNA complex to plant cells in a process similar to bacterial conjugation; the mechanism of transfer is beginning to be unravelled by biochemical, genetic and electron microscopic studies.
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页码:1567 / 1569
页数:3
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