Publication Date:
2001-12-18
Description:
Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a plant pathogen capable of transferring a defined segment of DNA to a host plant, generating a gall tumor. Replacing the transferred tumor-inducing genes with exogenous DNA allows the introduction of any desired gene into the plant. Thus, A. tumefaciens has been critical for the development of modern plant genetics and agricultural biotechnology. Here we describe the genome of A. tumefaciens strain C58, which has an unusual structure consisting of one circular and one linear chromosome. We discuss genome architecture and evolution and additional genes potentially involved in virulence and metabolic parasitism of host plants.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Goodner, B -- Hinkle, G -- Gattung, S -- Miller, N -- Blanchard, M -- Qurollo, B -- Goldman, B S -- Cao, Y -- Askenazi, M -- Halling, C -- Mullin, L -- Houmiel, K -- Gordon, J -- Vaudin, M -- Iartchouk, O -- Epp, A -- Liu, F -- Wollam, C -- Allinger, M -- Doughty, D -- Scott, C -- Lappas, C -- Markelz, B -- Flanagan, C -- Crowell, C -- Gurson, J -- Lomo, C -- Sear, C -- Strub, G -- Cielo, C -- Slater, S -- R15 GM61690-01/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2001 Dec 14;294(5550):2323-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biology, Hiram College, Hiram, OH 44234, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11743194" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Agrobacterium tumefaciens/classification/*genetics/pathogenicity/physiology
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Bacterial Proteins/chemistry/genetics/metabolism
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Carrier Proteins/chemistry/genetics/metabolism
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Cell Cycle
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Chromosomes, Bacterial/genetics
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DNA Replication
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Genes, Bacterial
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*Genome, Bacterial
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Phylogeny
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Plant Tumors/microbiology
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Plants/microbiology
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Plasmids
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Replicon
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Rhizobiaceae/genetics
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*Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Signal Transduction
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Sinorhizobium meliloti/genetics
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Synteny
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Telomere
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Virulence/genetics
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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