Large plasmid in Agrobacterium tumefaciens essential for crown gall-inducing ability (original) (raw)

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• G. ENGLER1,
• M. HOLSTERS1,
• S. VAN DEN ELSACKER1,
• I. ZAENEN1,
• R. A. SCHILPEROORT1 nAff2 &
• …
• J. SCHELL1

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THE gram-negative bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens induces crown gall tumours in many, mostly dicotyledonous, plants. Zaenen _et al._1 demonstrated the presence of one or more large plasmids in a number of crown gall-inducing Agrobacterium strains belonging to seven different Agrobacterium groups. They were not able to find such plasmids in eight non-pathogenic Agrobacterium strains belonging to four of the same groups2,3. They therefore formulated the hypothesis that the genetic information for the tumour-inducing principle4 in crown gall-inducing Agrobacterium strains is carried by one or several large plasmids.

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1. R. A. SCHILPEROORT
   Present address: Biochemisch Laboratorium—Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, Wassenaarseweg, 64, Leiden, Nederland

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1. Laboratorium voor Genetika—Rijksuniversiteit Gent, Ledeganckstraat, 35 B-9000, Gent, Belgium
   N. VAN LAREBEKE, G. ENGLER, M. HOLSTERS, S. VAN DEN ELSACKER, I. ZAENEN, R. A. SCHILPEROORT & J. SCHELL

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1. N. VAN LAREBEKE
2. G. ENGLER
3. M. HOLSTERS
4. S. VAN DEN ELSACKER
5. I. ZAENEN
6. R. A. SCHILPEROORT
7. J. SCHELL

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LAREBEKE, N., ENGLER, G., HOLSTERS, M. et al. Large plasmid in Agrobacterium tumefaciens essential for crown gall-inducing ability.Nature 252, 169–170 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/252169a0

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• Received: 03 July 1974
• Revised: 27 August 1974
• Issue date: 08 November 1974
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/252169a0

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