Abstract
This disclosure relates to a mutant Agrobacterium tumefaciens that is functionally deleted for the atu1060 gene that codes for the cyclic di-GMP synthase Atu1060, as well as methods for its use in transforming plants with desired transgenes. Such bacteria are more virulent than currently used strains of A. tumefaciens, and thus can be used to transform a wider variety of plants, such as plants that are traditionally recalcitrant to such transformation.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| U.S. patent number | 8581045 |
| Filing date | 11/19/10 |
| State | Published - Nov 12 2013 |