Ti-质粒和植物基因组的相互作用.pptVIP

Ti-质粒与植物基因组的相互作用 蒋舜媛 董霞 任昶 2002-10-08 What is Ti-plasmid? Ti-plasmid, ——（short for tumor-inducing plasmid）is a large (150~200 kb) double-stranded circular DNA plasmid in a soil bacterium called Agrobacterium tumefaciens, which causes what is known as produces uncontrolled growths (tumors, or galls), normally at the base (crown) of the plant. Ti-plasmid is the key to this tumor production. Figure 1. In the process of causing crown gall disease, the bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens inserts a part of its Ti plasmid—a region called T-DNA—into a chromosome of the host plant. Figure 2. Simp