Natural genetic engineering of plant cells: The molecular biology of crown gall and hairy root disease

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 327-351

  Weising, K ^a   Kahl, G ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium rhizogenes; Agrobacterium tumefaciens; crown gall; hairy root; opines; plant transformation; T DNA transfer; Ti plasmid; vir genes

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RADIOBACTER; RHIZOBIUM; VIR;

EID: 0029810047     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00340209     Document Type: Article

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