The tumor-inducing plasmids
of the bacteria Agrobacterium tumefaciens infects plants and results to
unregulated growth of the plant. However, the avirulent form of the bacterium is
used to develop the transgenic plant. By introducing desired gene into the transposable
region of the bacterium plasmid, the bacterium is infected in plants cells and the
gene in traduced and integrated into the
embryonic plant cells. The cells develop into a genetically modified plant.
