Agrobacterium: Nature's Genetic Engineer

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue JAN, 2015, Pages

  Nester, Eugene W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Agrobacterium mediated transformation; Crown gall; Plant disease; Plant genetic engineering

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIR;

EID: 84922239350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00730     Document Type: Article

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