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Question : Agrobacterium tumifaciens act as a natural genetic engineer , who trans-forms normal plant cells into tumors. Justify the statement .

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SOLUTION :AGROBACTERIUM tumifaciens is a pathogen of several dicot PLANTS. They are able to deliver a piece of DNA known as T-DNA to transform normal plant cells into a tumor , T-DNA is seen in `T_(1)`- PLASMID of Agrobacterium tumifaciens . As they transforma normal cell into a tumor with the help of an inserted DNA, they can be called as natural genetic engineers.


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