Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
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ISBN: 9780393615098
Author: John W. Foster, Joan L. Slonczewski
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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The reason behind the transfer of genes that encode industrially beneficial products into plant or animal systems for production along with the role of microbes in such systems.
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Various kinds of bacteria infect plants as well as animals. The bacteria consist of Ti (tumor-inducing) plasmid that induces tumors in the plants. The genesare transferred to the host to bring the desired changes. This plant system offers several advantages over other gene transfer systems like stable gene expression, low copy number of T-DNA (transfer-deoxyribonucleic acid), and large DNA segment transformation.
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