Historical account on gaining insights on the mechanism of crown gall tumorigenesis induced by Agrobacterium tumefaciens
The plant tumor disease, known as crown gall, was not called by that name until more recent times. Tumors on plants, particularly on cultivated grapevines, were observed thousands of years ago and recorded in the bible (wine was being made 7000 years ago). Once a cultured bacterium that was first...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-08-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00340/full |