title: Plant transformation: a pilus in Agrobacterium T-DNA transfer.
abstract: Agrobacterium tumefaciens transfers a protein-DNA complex to plant cells in a process similar to bacterial conjugation; the mechanism of transfer is beginning to be unravelled by biochemical, genetic and electron microscopic studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California at Berkeley 94720, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baron
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Zambryski
mesh_terms: D016960:Agrobacterium tumefaciens / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism*; D010861:Fimbriae, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism*; D014170:Transformation, Genetic; D037521:Virulence Factors
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D037521:Virulence Factors