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Definition of Agrobacterium tumefaciens
1. Noun. The bacteria that produce crown gall disease in plants.
Medical Definition of Agrobacterium tumefaciens
1. A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria isolated from soil and the stems and roots of plants. It causes oncogenic transformations (tumour formation) in a wide variety of higher plants after wounding. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Agrobacterium Tumefaciens
Literary usage of Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biotechnology: Genetic Engineering for Crop Plant Improvement, Bibliography by Robert Warmbrodt (1995)
"... with an agrobacterium tumefaciens strain containing a disarmed octopine ...
of white spruce and other conifer species by agrobacterium tumefaciens. ..."
2. Gene Expression in Field Crops: Bibliography January 1991-November 1992 edited by Janet Saunders, Robert D. Warmbrodt (1995)
"The Idc gene from Hafnia alvei was therefore (a) placed under the control of the
Г promoter of the bidirectional Tr promoter from agrobacterium tumefaciens ..."
3. Viral Resistance in Plants/Viral Coat Proteins: Bibliography-January 91-July 96 by Raymond Dobert (1996)
"Descriptors: prunus-domestica; agrobacterium- tumefaciens; plum-pox-potyvirus;
genetic- transformation; gene-transfer; genetic-resistance; ..."
4. Transposable Elements in Plants: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and Bibliography by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"CC: F832 AB: Transferred DNA (T-DNA) from several nopaline-type Ti plasmids of
agrobacterium tumefaciens was previously shown to be variable in size due to ..."