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SUBMITTER: Castle LA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC206542 | biostudies-other | 1992 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Castle L A LA Smith K D KD Morris R O RO
Journal of bacteriology 19920301 5
Induction of Agrobacterium tumefaciens virulence genes by plant phenolic compounds is essential for successful T-DNA transfer to a host plant. In Douglas fir needles, the major virulence region inducer is the glycoside coniferin (J. W. Morris and R. O. Morris, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87:3612-3618, 1990). Agrobacterium strains with high beta-glucosidase activity respond to coniferin and infect Douglas fir seedlings, whereas most strains with low beta-glucosidase activity fail to respond to con ...[more]