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VirA and VirG activate the Ti plasmid repABC operon, elevating plasmid copy number in response to wound-released chemical signals.

Agrobacterium tumefaciens increases cytokinin production in plastids by modifying the biosynthetic pathway in the host plant.

A small antisense RNA downregulates expression of an essential replicase protein of an Agrobacterium tumefaciens Ti plasmid.

Isolation, purification, and identification of the virulence protein VirE2 from Agrobacterium tumefaciens.

Development of a semi-nested PCR based method for sensitive detection of tumorigenic Agrobacterium in soil.

Dimerization properties of TraM, the antiactivator that modulates TraR-mediated quorum-dependent expression of the Ti plasmid tra genes.

Expression analysis of the NgORF13 promoter during the development of tobacco genetic tumors.

A highly selectable and highly transferable Ti plasmid to study conjugal host range and Ti plasmid dissemination in complex ecosystems.

Quorum-sensing antiactivator TraM forms a dimer that dissociates to inhibit TraR.

Role of bacterial virulence proteins in Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Aspergillus awamori.

Reexamining the role of the accessory plasmid pAtC58 in the virulence of Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain C58.

The Ti plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens harbors an attM-paralogous gene, aiiB, also encoding N-Acyl homoserine lactonase activity.

The biphenyl- and 4-chlorobiphenyl-catabolic transposon Tn4371, a member of a new family of genomic islands related to IncP and Ti plasmids.

The RepA and RepB autorepressors and TraR play opposing roles in the regulation of a Ti plasmid repABC operon.

Negative transcriptional regulation of virulence and oncogenes of the Ti plasmid by Ros bearing a conserved C2H2-zinc finger motif.

A novel plasmid curing method using incompatibility of plant pathogenic Ti plasmids in Agrobacterium tumefaciens.

A 3.6-kbp segment from the vir region of Ti plasmids contains genes responsible for border-sequence-directed production of T region circles in E. coli.