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    Question: What are the natural defence mechanisms that plants employ to protect themselves against Agrobacterium infection?

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    Asked by anon-368419 about Agrobacterium: Soil Microbe, Plant Pathogen, and Natural Genetic Engineer on 7 Jul 2023
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      Ryan Weir answered on 7 Jul 2023:


      Plants have evolved a number of enzymes that try to cut up the Agrobacterium T-DNA which is inserted into the plant cell. But they must succeed before the agrobacterium’s T-DNA can reach the plant cell nucleus or the agrobacterium will win!

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