Conjugative Transfer by the Virulence System of Agrobacterium tumefaciens
- 29 May 1992
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 256 (5061), 1324-1327
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.256.5061.1324
Abstract
Agrobacterium tumefaciens transfers part of its Ti plasmid, the transferred DNA (T-DNA), to plant cells during tumor induction. Expression of this T-DNA in plant cells results in their transformation into tumor cells. There are similarities between the process of T-DNA transfer to plants and the process of bacterial conjugation. Here, the T-DNA transfer machinery mediated conjugation between bacteria. Thus, products of the Vir region of the Ti plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens, normally involved in transfer of DNA from bacteria to plants, can direct the conjugative transfer of an IncQ plasmid between agrobacteria.Keywords
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