Crown gall teratoma formation is plasmid and plant controlled.
Experiments using different species of the plant Nicotiana and strains of the bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens showed that teratoma formation from crown galls was dependent on the combination of bacterial Ti plasmid and host plant used.
D010941:Plant Tumors / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D010957:Plasmids; D012231:Rhizobium / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D013045:Species Specificity; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000382:microbiology; D014774:Virulence