Root Transformation by Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Abstract

Genetic transformation and clonal propagation are techniques that play an important role in the identification and characterization of plant genes and their products. The Joint efforts to develop Arabidopszs thaliana as a model for genetic and molecular analysis of higher plants have produced methods for in vitro propagation (1), regeneration and transformation (2)–(15) using either Agrobacterium or direct gene transfer.