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Induction of virulence response in Agrobacterium tumefaciens by tissue explants of various plant species

Abstract

Forty-four plant species belonging to different taxa were tested for their ability to induce the expression of the virulence E gene in Agrobacterium tumefaciens containing virE:lacZ fusion constructs. With the exception of 6 algae, one fern and 2 monocots, tissue explants of all other plants (2 Algae, 3 Bryophytes, 2 Pteridophytes, 15 Gymnosperms, 8 Monocots and 5 Dicots) induced the expression of the virE gene as detected by the presence of β-galactosidase activity in the bacteria.

Department

Biological Sciences

Publication Date

12-1-1991

Journal Title

Plant cell reports

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00232508

Document Type

Article

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