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Molecular Biology of Chemotaxis in Agrobacterium

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Signal Molecules in Plants and Plant-Microbe Interactions

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((ASIH,volume 36))

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Our interest in Chemotaxis stems from the concept that unless bacteria are present in huge numbers, and evenly distributed throughout the soil, they must arrive from somewhere to interact with a plant. Agrobaeterium tumefaeiens thus possesses a multifunctional system capable of triggering either Chemotaxis or gene-induction depending upon the ligand concentration, as part of an intricate mechanism for sensing and guiding A. tumefaeiens towards wounded cells.

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Durham, Science Laboratories, South Road, DH1 3LE, Durham, England

    C. H. Shaw, G. J. Loake, A. P. Brown & C. S. Garrett

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Shaw, C.H., Loake, G.J., Brown, A.P., Garrett, C.S. (1989). Molecular Biology of Chemotaxis in Agrobacterium . In: Lugtenberg, B.J.J. (eds) Signal Molecules in Plants and Plant-Microbe Interactions. NATO ASI Series, vol 36. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74158-6_12

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