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Agrobacterium Biology

From Basic Science to Biotechnology

  • Covers a broad range of topics in Agrobacterium biology
  • Helps readers understand the latest advances in Agrobacterium-mediated plant genetic transformation
  • Brings together microbiologists, plant pathologists, natural products chemists, and plant cell and molecular biologists

Part of the book series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology (CT MICROBIOLOGY, volume 418)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. One More Decade of Agrobacterium Taxonomy

    • Han Ming Gan, Michael A. Savka
    Pages 1-14
  3. The Ecology of Agrobacterium vitis and Management of Crown Gall Disease in Vineyards

    • Nemanja Kuzmanović, Joanna PuÅ‚awska, Lingyun Hao, Thomas J. Burr
    Pages 15-53
  4. Exopolysaccharides of Agrobacterium tumefaciens

    • Ann G. Matthysse
    Pages 111-141
  5. Function and Regulation of Agrobacterium tumefaciens Cell Surface Structures that Promote Attachment

    • Melene A. Thompson, Maureen C. Onyeziri, Clay Fuqua
    Pages 143-184
  6. Coping with High Temperature: A Unique Regulation in A. tumefaciens

    • Dvora Biran, Or Rotem, Ran Rosen, Eliora Z. Ron
    Pages 185-194
  7. Small Noncoding RNAs in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

    • Keunsub Lee, Kan Wang
    Pages 195-213
  8. The Agrobacterium Type VI Secretion System: A Contractile Nanomachine for Interbacterial Competition

    • Chih-Feng Wu, Delaney A. Smith, Erh-Min Lai, Jeff H. Chang
    Pages 215-231
  9. Real-Time Trafficking of Agrobacterium Virulence Protein VirE2 Inside Host Cells

    • Haitao Tu, Xiaoyang Li, Qinghua Yang, Ling Peng, Shen Q. Pan
    Pages 261-286
  10. Transcriptome Profiling of Plant Genes in Response to Agrobacterium tumefaciens-Mediated Transformation

    • Christopher J. Willig, Kaixuan Duan, Zhanyuan J. Zhang
    Pages 319-348
  11. Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation of Yeast and Fungi

    • Paul J. J. Hooykaas, G. Paul H. van Heusden, Xiaolei Niu, M. Reza Roushan, Jalal Soltani, Xiaorong Zhang et al.
    Pages 349-374
  12. Agrobacterium: A Genome-Editing Tool-Delivery System

    • Nagesh Sardesai, Subhashree Subramanyam
    Pages 463-488

About this book

This volume reviews various facets of Agrobacterium biology, from modern aspects of taxonomy and bacterial ecology to pathogenesis, bacterial cell biology, plant and fungal transformation, natural transgenics, and biotechnology. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation is the most extensively utilized platform for generating transgenic plants, but modern biotechnology applications derive from more than 40 years of intensive basic scientific research.  Many of the biological principles established by this research have served as models for other bacteria, including human and animal pathogens. Written by leading experts and highlighting recent advances, this volume serves both as an introduction to Agrobacterium biology for students as well as a more comprehensive text for research scientists. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA

    Stanton B. Gelvin

About the editor

Stanton B. GelvinPurdue University
Department of Biological Sciences
West Lafayette, IN, USA
e-mail: gelvin@purdue.edu





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Hardcover Book USD 219.99
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