Transfer of T-DNA and Vir proteins to plant cells by Agrobacterium tumefaciens induces expression of host genes involved in mediating transformation and suppresses host defense gene expression

Plant Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 219-236

  Veena, ^a   Jiang, Hongmei ^a,b   Doerge, R W ^a,b   Gelvin, Stanton B ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; BY 2 cell suspension cultures; Expression profiling; Host response; Macroarrays; Transformation

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES; PROTEINS; TUMORS;

HYBRIDIZATION;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TOBACCO; TRANSFECTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; VIR;

EID: 0041346453     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01796.x     Document Type: Article

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