Agrobacterium Tumefaciens Is Often Used in the Production of Transgenic

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Short Answer

Agrobacterium tumefaciens is often used in the production of transgenic plants because of its Ti plasmid. This plasmid is usually "disarmed" by deleting its tumor genes along with the genes for producing what products that would have been advantageous to the bacterium?

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Definitions:

Ice-cube Relays

Small, plug-in electromechanical relays that resemble the size and shape of an ice cube, used for various control applications.

Arc Chutes

Protective devices designed to extinguish electrical arcs that can occur in switchgear or circuit breakers, by dividing and cooling the arc.

Pull-in Current

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Dropout Current

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