Project Title
Developing an Assayable Mutant of Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58 to Assess Conjugal Transfe
Document Type
Event
Start Date
10-5-2019 3:30 PM
End Date
10-5-2019 6:30 PM
Description
The plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens may bear multiple copies of a gene for producing proline as a counter-defense mechanism against its host, allowing it to spread copies of its virulent Ti plasmid throughout the population to begin infection. Using molecular techniques, we developed a strain of A. tumefaciens C58 suitable to assess how this process, known as conjugal transfer, may change in frequency based on the number of copies of this proline gene present in the genome.
Discipline
Biology
Research Mentor(s)
Dr. Derek Wood
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Developing an Assayable Mutant of Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58 to Assess Conjugal Transfe
The plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens may bear multiple copies of a gene for producing proline as a counter-defense mechanism against its host, allowing it to spread copies of its virulent Ti plasmid throughout the population to begin infection. Using molecular techniques, we developed a strain of A. tumefaciens C58 suitable to assess how this process, known as conjugal transfer, may change in frequency based on the number of copies of this proline gene present in the genome.
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