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- AS109 delivers faster results than Agrobacterium
Researchers developed the Rhizobium rhizogenes strain AS109, which facilitates rapid gene expression assays in 14 plant families, including faba bean and rice, outperforming standard Agrobacterium-based methods.
- Field
- genetics and genomes
- What they did
- Researchers created a Rhizobium rhizogenes strain AS109 that efficiently transfers genetic material into various dicot plant species.
- Why it matters
- This enables rapid gene function testing in crop plants that were previously inaccessible for such assays.
#rhizobium#transient expression#plant biology#gene editing#agrobacterium
