In the Field of Plant Transgenics, the Use of the Bacterium

question 37

Multiple Choice

In the field of plant transgenics, the use of the bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens has proven useful because the bacterium:

• A) is not attacked by plant immune systems
• B) has been genetically engineered to penetrate the plant cell wall
• C) can directly modify the plant genome
• D) is found naturally in almost all species of plants
• E) is able to transfer a plasmid into host plant cells

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