Resurrection of an ancestral gene: Functional and evolutionary analyses of the Ngrol genes transferred from Agrobacterium to Nicotiana

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 329-337

  Aoki, Seishiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium rhizogenes; Evolution; Function; Ngrol genes; Nicotiana glauca; Resurrection of an ancestral gene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASE; PLASMID; RHIZOBIUM; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, PLANT; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; RHIZOBIUM; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA GLAUCA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 5444262612     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10265-004-0163-5     Document Type: Article

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