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Specific DNA amplification
The polymerase chain reaction can synthesize millions of copies of a specific DNA sequence in a brief in vitro reaction. (Thermostable DNA polymerase from Thermus aquaticus improves the technique.)
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T-DNA of a crown gall teratoma is covalently joined to host plant DNA
Agrobacterium tumefaciens strains containing tumour-inducing (Ti) plasmids1–3 incite cancerous growths called crown galls when inoculated into wounded dicotyledonous plants. Tumour tissue can be cultured axenical...
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Location and Fate of pTi T37 DNA in Reversion of Crown Gall Teratoma
Crown gall is a plant cancer that is incited by inoculation of wound sites with Agrobacterium tumefaciens. The resulting tumor cells are neoplastic and maintain altered growth characteristics in ...