Thermosensitive step associated with transfer of the Ti plasmid during conjugation: Possible relation to transformation in crown gall.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ·Vol. 74 ·No. 7 ·1977-07-00 ·Pages 2848-9

Tempé J, Petit A, Holsters M, Montagu M, Schell J

Abstract

It is reported here that transfer by means of a conjugative process of an oncogenic plasmid from a virulent strain of Agrobacterium tumefaciens to a strain of that organism that had been cured of the plasmid is thermosensitive. Since the thermosensitive step found in the conjugative process appears similar in every respect to a thermosensitive step that is involved in the transformation of a normal cell to a tumor cell in the crown gall disease of plants, it is suggested that the observed results may reflect the existence of a thermosensitive step that is common to these two processes.

Authors & Affiliations

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Tempé J

Génétique et Amélioration des Plantes, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 78000 Versailles, France.

Petit A

Holsters M

Montagu M

Schell J

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Article Info

Journal

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Abbr.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

ISSN

0027-8424

DOI

10.1073/pnas.74.7.2848

Published

1977-07-00

Pages

2848-9

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7505876

PMCID

PMC431316

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1073/pnas.74.7.2848 PMC Full Text View journal details

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