METHOD FOR REGULATING AGROBACTERIUM-MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION

摘要

A method for regulating expression of a virulence gene of Agrobacterium is described. The method comprises the steps of stimulating cereal cells, such as sorghum, so as to produce an active, typically phenolic, compound and exposing the Agrobacterium to this compound. The compound induces expression of the virulence gene of the Agrobacterium, effecting T-DNA transfer from the Agrobacterium to the cereal cells, which are thereby transformed.