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Tumor formation by Agrobacterium tumefaciens involves the transfer of plasmid DNA from the bacteria to the plant host cell. One of the earliest steps in tumor formation appears to be the attachment of the bacteria to the surface of the plant cell. In general bacterial attachment does not appear to require the active participation of the plant host cell. Bacteria attach with only slightly altered kinetics to plant cells which have been killed by treatment with heat or glutaraldehyde(6). In contrast the bacteria appear to play an active role in the attachment process; bacteria which have been killed with heat or glutaraldehyde do not attach to plant cells(4). Bacterial attachment is required for virulence; bacterial mutants which fail to attach to plant cells are avirulent(2,4).
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Matthysse, A.G. (1987). Effect of the Presence of the Plasmid pSA and of Auxin on the Attachment of Agrobacterium Tumefaciens to Plant Host Cells. In: Verma, D.P.S., Brisson, N. (eds) Molecular genetics of plant-microbe interactions. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4482-4_3
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