Glimpses of a century-old story |
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| Authors: | Jasmine M Shah |
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| Institution: | 150. Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai, 600 036, India
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| Abstract: | The story of Agrobacterium has been widely discussed for over a century. Fridiano Cavara in 1897 first described the occurrence of plant-derived tumors with bacterial origin. Detailed molecular analysis of this microbe accelerated in the last 30 years and it gained worldwide acceptance as a ‘natural genetic engineering tool’. This tool has an interesting history starting from the tumors that it makes, nomenclature, genome, pathogenicity and DNA transfer, to its economic importance. This review is a glimpse of some basic and interesting facts of the unique Agrobacterium. |
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