Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated transformation of the parasitic plant Phtheirospermum japonicum.

BACKGROUND: Plants within the Orobanchaceae are an agriculturally important group of parasites that attack economically important crops to obtain water and nutrients from their hosts. Despite their agricultural importance, molecular mechanisms of the parasitism are poorly understood. METHODOLOGY/PRI...

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Main Authors: Juliane K Ishida, Satoko Yoshida, Masaki Ito, Shigetou Namba, Ken Shirasu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3185032?pdf=render