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Insertion Of The Enzyme Cyclopropane Fatty Acid Synthase Into Plastids Through Agrobacterium Mediated Transformation, Jason L. Rush Jan 2008

Insertion Of The Enzyme Cyclopropane Fatty Acid Synthase Into Plastids Through Agrobacterium Mediated Transformation, Jason L. Rush

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

Under natural conditions, Agrobacterium is a plant pathogen that infects plants by inserting genes into the plant's genome that are desirable to the bacterium itself. A tumor is then formed and the infected plant tissue makes molecules that the bacterium uses as food.


Investigation Of Kalanchoe Homeobox 1 (Kh1) Gene In Apical Meristems Of Kalanchoe Pinnatum, Jessica Lynn Kirkpatrick Jan 2008

Investigation Of Kalanchoe Homeobox 1 (Kh1) Gene In Apical Meristems Of Kalanchoe Pinnatum, Jessica Lynn Kirkpatrick

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

Kalanchoe pinnatum (syn. Bryophyllum pinnatum) is a succulent plant that is notable for developing small plantlets on the outer edges of its leaves, when its leaves are detached (Kulka 2006). These plantlets eventually drop off and root, which is a unique way for the plant to asexually reproduce. In most other plants, leaves exhibit determinate growth, meaning once they reach their maturity, they do not continue to grow.