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Non-homologous end-joining proteins are required for Agrobacterium T-DNA integration.
The EMBO journal - 15 Nov 2001
van Attikum H, Bundock P, Hooykaas P J
Abstract excerpt
Agrobacterium tumefaciens causes crown gall disease in dicotyledonous plants by introducing a segment of DNA (T-DNA), derived from its tumour-inducing (Ti) plasmid, into plant cells at infection sites. Besides these natural hosts, Agrobacterium can deliver the T-DNA also to monocotyledonous plants, yeasts and fungi. The T-DNA integrates randomly into one of the chromosomes of the eukaryotic host by an unknown...
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