Agrobacterium rhizogenes mutants that fail to bind to plant cells.

doi:10.1128/jb.172.11.6182-6188.1990

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Agrobacterium rhizogenes mutants that fail to bind to plant cells.

Journal of bacteriology - 1 Nov 1990

Crews J L, Colby S, Matthysse A G

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Transposon insertion mutants of Agrobacterium rhizogenes were screened to obtain mutant bacteria that failed to bind to carrot suspension culture cells. A light microscope binding assay was used. The bacterial isolates that were reduced in binding to carrot cells were all avirulent on Bryophyllum...

Topics

Bacterial Adhesion
Cloning, Molecular
DNA, Bacterial
Genes, Bacterial
Genetic Complementation Test
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Mutation
Plants
Rhizobium

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