The bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens is known to be natural vector capable of passing its DNA to plants and induce tumour by integrating its DNA with host genome. The tumour causing gene in the plasmid of this bacteria is replaced by gene of interest and is now used as a cloning vector to transfer the DNA into plant cells.
State how was Agrobacterium tumefaciens been made as a useful cloning vector to transfer DNA to plant Cells.
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Amjad imran
The bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens is known to be natural vector capable of passing its DNA to plants and induce tumour by integrating its DNA with host genome. The tumour causing gene in the plasmid of this bacteria is replaced by gene of interest and is now used as a cloning vector to transfer the DNA into plant cells.